The Resource Island queen : a novel, Vanessa Riley
Island queen : a novel, Vanessa Riley
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The item Island queen : a novel, Vanessa Riley represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Coweta Public Library System.
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- Summary
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- "A former slave rises above the harsh realities of being owned and colonialism on Montserrat working hard to buy freedom for herself, her mother, and her sister and becoming an entrepreneur, merchant, hotelier, and planter. Based on the true life story of Dorothy Kirwan Thomas"--
- Born into slavery on the tiny Caribbean island of Montserrat, Dorothy bought her freedom, and that of her sister and her mother, from her Irish planter father. Rising above the harsh realities of slavery and colonialism, she built a legacy of wealth and power as an entrepreneur, merchant, hotelier, and planter. Leveraging the competing attentions of the men in her, life, Doll answered to no one but herself as she rose to rose to power and autonomy against all odds. -- adapted from jacket
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 575 pages
- Isbn
- 9780063002845
- Label
- Island queen : a novel
- Title
- Island queen
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Vanessa Riley
- Subject
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- Historical fiction
- trueMontserrat
- Montserrat -- Fiction
- trueMontserratian people
- trueMultiracial women
- Novels
- trueSlavery -- History
- trueSlavery -- History -- 18th century
- trueSuccess (Concept)
- trueWest Indies -- History -- 18th century
- Women
- trueWomen entrepreneurs
- Biographical fiction
- Businesspeople, Black -- Montserrat -- Fiction
- Businesswomen -- Montserrat -- Fiction
- trueCaribbean Area -- History -- 18th century
- trueCaribbean people
- trueFamilies
- trueFreed people
- Freedmen -- Montserrat -- Fiction
- trueLandowners
- Language
- eng
- Summary
-
- "A former slave rises above the harsh realities of being owned and colonialism on Montserrat working hard to buy freedom for herself, her mother, and her sister and becoming an entrepreneur, merchant, hotelier, and planter. Based on the true life story of Dorothy Kirwan Thomas"--
- Born into slavery on the tiny Caribbean island of Montserrat, Dorothy bought her freedom, and that of her sister and her mother, from her Irish planter father. Rising above the harsh realities of slavery and colonialism, she built a legacy of wealth and power as an entrepreneur, merchant, hotelier, and planter. Leveraging the competing attentions of the men in her, life, Doll answered to no one but herself as she rose to rose to power and autonomy against all odds. -- adapted from jacket
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10962929
- Cataloging source
- JBL
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Riley, Vanessa
- Dewey number
- 813/.6
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3618.I533
- LC item number
- I85 2021
- Literary form
- fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Freedmen
- Businesswomen
- Businesspeople, Black
- Montserrat
- Women
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Island queen : a novel, Vanessa Riley
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 573-575)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 575 pages
- Isbn
- 9780063002845
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustration, map
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1257791970
- Label
- Island queen : a novel, Vanessa Riley
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 573-575)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 575 pages
- Isbn
- 9780063002845
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustration, map
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1257791970
Subject
- Historical fiction
- trueMontserrat
- Montserrat -- Fiction
- trueMontserratian people
- trueMultiracial women
- Novels
- trueSlavery -- History
- trueSlavery -- History -- 18th century
- trueSuccess (Concept)
- trueWest Indies -- History -- 18th century
- Women
- trueWomen entrepreneurs
- Biographical fiction
- Businesspeople, Black -- Montserrat -- Fiction
- Businesswomen -- Montserrat -- Fiction
- trueCaribbean Area -- History -- 18th century
- trueCaribbean people
- trueFamilies
- trueFreed people
- Freedmen -- Montserrat -- Fiction
- trueLandowners
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Tone Tone is the feeling that a book evokes in the reader. In many cases, this category best answers the question, "What are you in the mood for?"
Writing style Writing style terms tell us how a book is written, from the complexity of the language to the level of the detail in the background.
Character Only applied to fiction books, character appeal is especially for those readers who love books *because* of the characters.
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