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Amistad : a novel
- Title
- Amistad : a novel / by Alexs Pate ; based on the screenplay by David Franzoni and Steven Zaillian.
- Author
- Pate, Alexs D., 1950-
- Publication
- New York : DreamWorks, [1997]
- ©1997
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | PS3566.A777 A8 1997 | Off-site |
Details
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- Description
- 316 pages : color illustrations; 18 cm
- Summary
- This novel recounts the rebellion in 1839 of 53 African slaves aboard the Amistad, a Spanish slave ship from Cuba. After the ship was intercepted by the U.S. Navy and taken to New London, Connecticut, President Van Buren and the pro-slavery government wanted to return the slaves to Havana, but the fledgling abolitionist movement forced a series of trials, culminating at the Supreme Court, in which the slaves were defended by former President John Quincy Adams.
- Uniform Title
- Amistad (Motion picture)
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Action and adventure fiction.
- Biographical fiction.
- Fiction.
- Historical fiction.
- Adventure fiction.
- Movie novels.
- Note
- "The official tie-in to the major motion picture directed by Steven Spielberg"--Cover.
- First published by Signet, an imprint of Dutton Signet, a member of Penguin Putnam Inc.
- ISBN
- 9780451195166
- 0451195167
- LCCN
- 98176827
- OCLC
- ocm37931152
- SCSB-13973274
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library