Morning, Noon, and Night by Arnold Weinstein

Author:Arnold Weinstein [Weinstein, Arnold]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-679-60447-1
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 2011-02-15T05:00:00+00:00

Then, a page later in the text, the two brothers’ queries:

June 21th 1833 Drownd herself

Followed by

23 Jun 1833 Who in hell ever heard of a niger drownding him self

And then a final return-entry, incomprehensible as ever:

Aug 13 1833 Drownd herself

Ike had read these entries earlier, many times, always thinking they were the harmless, docile, tedious record of his forebears, but at the age of sixteen he reads them again, sensing their terrible import, and he now pursues the story of a drowned slave woman, finding that it is inextricably tied to birth and death:

Tomasina called Tomy Daughter of Thucydus @ Eunice Born 1810 dide in Child bed June 1833 and Burd. Yr stars fell

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