The book of Harlan
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Author
McFadden, Bernice L.,
Published
[Brooklyn, New York] : Akashic Books, [2016].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
341 pages ; 24 cm
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Main Library - Adult
Fiction McFadden, B
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Oliver La Farge - Adult
Fiction McFadden, B
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Southside - Adult
Fiction McFadden, B
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Published
[Brooklyn, New York] : Akashic Books, [2016].
Language
English

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During World War II, two African American musicians, Harlan and Lizard, are captured by the Nazis in Paris and imprisoned at Buchenwald concentration camp which changes the course of Harlan's life.--,Provided by publisher.
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When Harlan and his best friend, trumpeter Lizard Robbins, are invited to perform at a popular cabaret in the Parisian enclave of Montmartre, Harlan jumps at the opportunity. But after the City of Light falls under Nazi occupation, Harlan and Lizard are thrown into Buchenwald -- the notorious concentration camp in Weimar, Germany. Harlan survives five horrific years, and returns home struggling to overcome the chaos he has experienced.

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LC Subjects
African American families -- Fiction.
African Americans -- France -- Fiction.
Buchenwald (Concentration camp) -- Fiction.
Fiction.
France -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945 -- Fiction.
Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Fiction.
Musicians -- Fiction.
Other Subjects
Bildungsromans.
Historical fiction.