Jones, Edward P. <br/><br/>
The known world 
/ Edward P. Jones 
 - New York  : HarperLargePrint  , c2003. 
 - 563 p.  ; 24 cm. 
 - Large print books .
<br/><br/> Henry Townsend, an African farmer and former slave, is befriended by the most powerful man in antebellum Virginia's Manchester County, and becomes proprietor of his own plantation and of his own slaves. 
<br/><br/><br/>English 
<br/><br/> Pulitzer Prize Winner - 2004  National Book Critics Circle Award  Finalist for the Natonal Book Award 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780060749910 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>African American plantation owners----Fiction<br/>African American slaveholders----Fiction<br/>Plantation life----Fiction<br/>Slavery----Fiction<br/>Slaves----Fiction
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Virginia----Fiction
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Historical fiction
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>LARP FIC JON