TransAtlantic : a novel / Colum McCann.

Author/creator McCann, Colum, 1965-
Format Book
EditionFirst edition.
PublicationNew York : Random House, [2013]
Description304 pages ; 25 cm
Subjects

Abstract A tale spanning 150 years and two continents reimagines the peace efforts of democracy champion Frederick Douglass, Senator George Mitchell and World War I airmen John Alcock and Teddy Brown through the experiences of four generations of women from a matriarchal clan.
Abstract Newfoundland, 1919: Aviators Jack Alcock and Arthur Brown set course for Ireland as they attempt the first nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean. Dublin, 1845 and '46: On an international lecture tour in support of his subversive autobiography, Frederick Douglass finds the Irish people sympathetic to the abolitionist cause. New York, 1998: Leaving behind a young wife and newborn child, Senator George Mitchell departs for Belfast, to shepherd Northern Ireland's notoriously bitter and volatile peace talks to an uncertain conclusion. They each learn that even the most unassuming moments of grace have a way of rippling through time, space, and memory.
Genre/formHistorical fiction.
Genre/formEpic fiction.
LCCN 2012043294
ISBN9781400069590 (acid-free paper)
ISBN1400069599 (acid-free paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks PR6063 .C335 T73 2013 ✔ Available Place Hold