Driven toward Madness: The Fugitive Slave Margaret Garner and Tragedy on the Ohio AUTH-3147073 Author: David Bird

Author: David Bird

This will be a window between overlapping worlds

Rumors and Promises

" Mary Dell

and the Nebula Grand Master award

Driven toward Madness: The Fugitive Slave Margaret Garner and Tragedy on the Ohio AUTH-3147073 Author: David BirdMargaret Garner was the runaway slave who, when confronted with capture just outside of Cincinnati, slit the throat of her toddler daughter rather than have her face a life in slavery. Her story has inspired Toni Morrison's Beloved, a film based on the novel starring Oprah Winfrey, and an opera. Yet, her life has defied solid historical treatment. In Driven toward Madness, Nikki M. Taylor brilliantly captures her circumstances and her transformation