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Anacaona : Golden Flower, Hati 1490 by Edwidge Danticat (2005, Hardcover)
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Edwidge Danticat, the award-winning, best-selling author of THE FARMING OF BONES and KRIK? KRAK! offers a powerful addition to The Royal Diaries series with the story of Haitis heroic queen Anacaona. With her signature narrative grace, Edwidge Danticat brings Haitis beautiful queen Anacaona to life. Queen Anacaona was the wife of one of her islands rulers, and a composer of songs and poems, making her popular among her people. Haiti was relatively quiet until the Spanish conquistadors discovered the island and began to settle there in 1492. The Spaniards treated the natives very cruelly, and when the natives revolted, the Spanish governor of Haiti ordered the arrests of several native nobles, including Anacaona, who was eventually captured and executed, to the horror of her people.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherScholastic, Incorporated
ISBN-100439499062
ISBN-139780439499064
eBay Product ID (ePID)30883269
Product Key Features
Book TitleAnacaona : Golden Flower, Hati 1490
Number of Pages192 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicHistorical / Exploration & Discovery, Royalty, People & Places / Caribbean & Latin America, General, People & Places / United States / Native American
Publication Year2005
IllustratorYes
GenreJuvenile Fiction
AuthorEdwidge Danticat
Book SeriesRoyal Diaries
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight9.6 Oz
Item Length7.7 in
Item Width5.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience
LCCN2004-012560
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal[Fic]
SynopsisEdwidge Danticat, the award-winning, best-selling author of THE FARMING OF BONES and KRIK? KRAK! offers a powerful addition to The Royal Diaries series with the story of Haiti's heroic queen Anacaona. With her signature narrative grace, Edwidge Danticat brings Haiti's beautiful queen Anacaona to life. Queen Anacaona was the wife of one of her island's rulers, and a composer of songs and poems, making her popular among her people. Haiti was relatively quiet until the Spanish conquistadors discovered the island and began to settle there in 1492. The Spaniards treated the natives very cruelly, and when the natives revolted, the Spanish governor of Haiti ordered the arrests of several native nobles, including Anacaona, who was eventually captured and executed, to the horror of her people., Beginning in 1490, Anacaona keeps a record of her life as a possible successor to the supreme chief of Xaragua, as wife of the chief of Maguana, and as a warrior battling the first white men to arrive in the West Indies, ravenous for gold. Ages 10+., With her signature narrative grace, Edwidge Danticat brings Haiti's beautiful queen Anacaona to life. Queen Anacaona was the wife of one of her island's rulers, and a composer of songs and poems, making her popular among her people. Haiti was relatively quiet until the Spanish conquistadors discovered the island and began to settle there in 1492. The Spaniards treated the natives very cruelly, and when the natives revolted, the Spanish governor of Haiti ordered the arrests of several native nobles, including Anacaona, who was eventually captured and executed, to the horror of her people.
LC Classification NumberPZ7.D2385An 2005
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