{"product_id":"juneteenth-revised-vintage-international-9780593314616-new","title":"Juneteenth (Revised) (Vintage International)","description":"\u003cb\u003eOur reissue of Ralph Ellison's radiant second novel, with new material by Ellison's literary executor John F. Callahan and an updated introduction by National Book Award-winning author Charles Johnson.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003eHere is the master of American vernacular--the rhythms of jazz and gospel and ordinary speech--at the height of his powers, telling a powerful, evocative tale of a prodigal of the twentieth century. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTell me what happened while there's still time, demands the dying Senator Adam Sunraider to the itinerant Negro preacher whom he calls Daddy Hickman. As a young man, Sunraider was Bliss, an orphan taken in by Hickman and raised to be a preacher like himself. Bliss's history encompasses the joys of young southern boyhood, bucolic days as a filmmaker, lovemaking in a field in the Oklahoma sun. And behind it all lies a mystery: how did this chosen child become the man who would deny everything to achieve his goals? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith an updated introduction and additional notes by John F. Callahan, who first compiled Juneteenth out of thousands of manuscript pages in 1999, and a new introduction by National Book Award-winning author Charles R. Johnson, this brilliantly crafted, moving, and wise novel is the work of an American master.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"More Than Words ","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":53085570662560,"sku":"9780593314616-new","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0463\/0115\/1392\/files\/41uGoPVIO8L.jpg?v=1764982140","url":"https:\/\/shop.mtwyouth.org\/products\/juneteenth-revised-vintage-international-9780593314616-new","provider":"More Than Words ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}