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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     More Content       More by this author     Macy, Beth.     Subjects     Muse, George, 1890-1971.     Muse, Willie, 1893-2001.     Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Combined Shows -- History.     Albinos and albinism -- Virginia -- Roanoke Region -- Biography.     Blacks -- United States -- Biography.     Freak shows -- Biography.     Sideshows -- Biography.     Child circus performers -- Biography     Circus performers -- United States -- 20th century -- Biography.     Racism in popular culture -- History.     Kidnapping -- Virginia -- Truevine -- Case studies.     Mothers and sons -- Biography.     Children of sharecroppers -- Virginia -- Biography.     Southern States -- History -- 1865-1951 -- Biography.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Macy, Beth.       by title:      Truevine : two broth...       by call number:      791.35 M177t     Search the Web     Macy, Beth.     Muse, George, 1890-1971.     Muse, Willie, 1893-2001.     Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Combined Shows -- History.     Albinos and albinism -- Virginia -- Roanoke Region -- Biography.     Blacks -- United States -- Biography.     Freak shows -- Biography.     Sideshows -- Biography.     Child circus performers -- Biography     Circus performers -- United States -- 20th century -- Biography.     Racism in popular culture -- History.     Kidnapping -- Virginia -- Truevine -- Case studies.     Mothers and sons -- Biography.     Children of sharecroppers -- Virginia -- Biography.     Southern States -- History -- 1865-1951 -- Biography.       MARC Display

Truevine : two brothers, a kidnapping, and a mother's quest : a true story of the Jim Crow South / Beth Macy. by Macy, Beth. Little, Brown and Company, [2016] Call #: 791.35 M177t Subjects Muse, George, 1890-1971.   Muse, Willie, 1893-2001.   Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Combined Shows -- History.   Albinos and albinism -- Virginia -- Roanoke Region -- Biography.   Blacks -- United States -- Biography.   Freak shows -- Biography.   Sideshows -- Biography.   Child circus performers -- Biography   Circus performers -- United States -- 20th century -- Biography.   Racism in popular culture -- History.   Kidnapping -- Virginia -- Truevine -- Case studies.   Mothers and sons -- Biography.   Children of sharecroppers -- Virginia -- Biography.   Southern States -- History -- 1865-1951 -- Biography. ISBN:  9780316337526 (pbk.) 9780316337540 (hc.) Edition:  First edition. Description:  x, 420 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm Notes:  Maps on lining papers. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographic references (pages 353-404) and index. Contents:  Prologue: I am the true vine -- Sit down and shut up -- White peoples is hateful -- And still the cry against us continues -- Your momma is dead -- Some serious secrets -- A paying proposition -- He who hustleth while he waiteth -- Comma, colored -- The prodigal sons -- Not one single, solitary, red penny -- Adultery's siamese twin -- Housekeeping! -- Practically imbeciles -- Very good old colored woman -- Wilbur and John -- God is good to me -- Epilogue: markers. Summary:  "A true story of two albino African-American brothers who were kidnapped and displayed as circus freaks, and whose mother endured a decades-long struggle to find them and to get justice for her family. The year was 1899. A sweltering tobacco community in the Jim Crow South called Truevine, where everyone they knew was either a former slave or a child or grandchild of slaves. The story of George and Willie Muse has been passed down for over a century. Were they really kidnapped and put into servitude by the circus? How did their mother, a black maid toiling under the harsh restrictions of segregation, bring them home? And why would they ever want to go back? At the height of their fame, the Muse brothers performed for British royalty and headlined more than a dozen sold-out shows at New York's Madison Square Garden. They were fine musicians and global superstars in a pre-broadcast era. But the very root of their success hinged on the color of their skin and on the outrageous caricatures they were forced to assume: cannibals, sheep-headed freaks, even 'Ambassadors from Mars." A riveting story about race, greed, and a mother's love. These were two little boys born in a brutal time, sharecropping a field in the segregated South, stolen away by a white man offering candy, and set on a path of events that would forever change their lives and their family's destiny."--Provided by publisher. Genre:  True crime. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Alderney Gate Public Library Adult Black Nonfiction 791.35 M177t Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Cole Harbour Public Library Adult Black Nonfiction 791.35 M177t Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Cole Harbour Public Library Adult Black Nonfiction 791.35 M177t Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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