WebRough Crossings succeeds in all respects. It is a 'tour de force' and a landmark in historical scholarship." (Times Higher Education Supplement) "Schama's gift for plunging us into the very centre of the action, whether in Charleston, London or on the African coast, makes reading an exhilarating experience." (Daily Telegraph) WebApr 8, 2009 · Simon Schama is University Professor of Art History and History at Columbia University. His award-winning books, translated into fifteen languages, include Citizens, …
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WebRough Crossings is the astonishing story of the struggle to freedom by thousands of African-American slaves who fled the plantations to fight behind British lines in the American War of Independence. With gripping, powerfully vivid story-telling, Simon Schama follows the escaped blacks into the fires of the war, and into freezing, inhospitable Nova Scotia where … Web(2004); Rough Crossings (2005), which won the national Book Critics’ Circle Prize for non-fiction; and The Power of Art (2007). Simon Schama has been a regular contributor to The New Republic; The New York Review of Books; and since 1994, art and cultural critic for The New Yorker, winning a national Magazine Award for his art criticism in 1996. dailymotion servir y proteger capitulo 1245
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WebDec 17, 2008 · Rough Crossings: Britain, the Slaves and the American Revolution (2006) by Simon Schama (author of the excellent Dead Certainties) tells the story of people who found liberty at the time of American Revolution, but not from the Americans. Enslaved blacks served in British regiments trading their loyalty to the king for promises of freedom (which… WebApr 2, 2009 · Booktopia has Rough Crossings, Britain, the Slaves and the American Revolution by Simon Schama. Buy a discounted Paperback of Rough Crossings online from Australia's leading online bookstore. WebApr 25, 2006 · Simon Schama is University Professor of Art History and History at Columbia University in New York. His award-winning books include Scribble, Scribble, Scribble; The … dailymotion serv y proteger cap 1325