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Inventing Victoria

Title
  1. Inventing Victoria / Tonya Bolden.
Published by
  1. New York : Bloomsbury, 2019.
Author
  1. Bolden, Tonya

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Description
  1. 264 pages; 22 cm
Summary
  1. "Essie, a young black woman in 1880s Savannah, is offered the opportunity to leave her shameful past and be transformed into an educated, high-society woman in Washington, D.C." --
  2. A young black woman in 1880s Savannah, Essie is trapped between the life she has and the life she wants-- until she meets Dorcas Vashon, the richest and most cultured black woman she's ever encountered. Dorcas transforms Essie into Victoria: with a fine wardrobe, a classic education, and the rules of etiquette, Victoria is soon welcomed in the upper echelons of black society in Washington, D. C. When the life she desires is finally within her grasp, Victoria must decide how much of herself she is truly willing to surrender. -- adapted from jacket
Subject
  1. Reconstruction (United States : 1865-1877)
  2. 1800-1899
  3. Identity (Philosophical concept) > Juvenile fiction
  4. African Americans > Juvenile fiction
  5. Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) > Juvenile fiction
  6. African Americans
  7. Identity (Philosophical concept)
  8. Savannah (Ga.) > History > 19th century > Juvenile fiction
  9. Washington (D.C.) > History > 19th century > Juvenile fiction
  10. Georgia > Savannah
  11. United States
  12. Washington (D.C.)
Genre/Form
  1. American fiction – African American women authors.
  2. Historical fiction.
  3. History.
  4. Juvenile works.
  5. Young adult works.
  6. Young adult fiction.
Call number
  1. Sc D 19-302
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references.
Author
  1. Bolden, Tonya, author.
Title
  1. Inventing Victoria / Tonya Bolden.
Publisher
  1. New York : Bloomsbury, 2019.
Type of content
  1. text
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references.
Local note
  1. Schomburg copy with dust jacket.
Chronological term
  1. 1800-1899
Local subject
  1. Black author.
LCCN
  1. 2018024642
ISBN
  1. 9781681198071 (hardcover)
  2. 168119807X (hardcover)
  3. 9781681198088 (ebook)
Research call number
  1. Sc D 19-302
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