Terry Bisson: Fire On The Mountain

When
Sat Feb 6, 2010
Where
Borderlands Books
Time
3pm
Tags
Literary Arts, Books
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We're pleased to welcome local author Terry Bisson back to Borderlands! Originally published in 1988, FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN is a fascinating alternate history now re-released by activist publisher PM Press. From PM Press' site: "It's 1959 in socialist Virginia. The Deep South is an independent Black nation called Nova Africa. The second Mars expedition is about to touch down on the red planet. And a pregnant scientist is climbing the Blue Ridge in search of her great-great grandfather, a teenage slave who fought with John Brown and Harriet Tubman's guerrilla army. Long unavailable in the US, published in France as NOVA AFRICA, FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN is the story of what might have happened if John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry had succeeded - and the Civil War had been started not by the slave owners but the abolitionists."

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  1. Borderlands Books
    866 Valencia St, San Francisco, CA