02267cam a2200349 i 4500 335278268 ER5 20161028120000.0 160512s2016||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u bl2016036013 9780316337540 0316337544 AZZPT eng rda AZZPT BDX UPZ JBL SKYRV ER5 rda Macy, Beth. Truevine : two brothers, a kidnapping, and a mother's quest: a true story of the Jim Crow South / Beth Macy. First edition. New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2016. 420 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographic references (pages 353-404) and index. Prologue: I am the true vine -- Sit down and shut up -- White peoples is hateful -- And still the cry against us continues -- Your momma is dead -- Some serious secrets -- A paying proposition -- He who hustleth while he waiteth -- Comma, colored -- The prodigal son -- Not one single, solitary red penny -- Adultery's siamese twin -- Housekeeping! -- Practically imbeciles -- Very good old colored woman -- Wilbur and John -- God is good to me -- Epilogue: markers. Beth Macy, master chronicler of life in the South, combines exhaustive research, exclusive interviews and sources, and attention to detail in this riveting American story about race, greed, and a mother's love. George and Willie Muse from Truevine, Virginia were two little boys born in a brutal time, sharecropping a field in the segregated South, stolen away by a white man offering candy, and set on a path of events that would forever change their lives--and their family's destiny. -- adapted from dust jacket. Muse, George. Muse, Willie. Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Combined Shows History. Albinos and albinism Biography. Circus performers United States 20th century Biography. Children of sharecroppers Virginia Biography. Biographies.