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The Life and Legend of the Slave Potter Dave
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He is known today, as he was then, only as Dave. His pots and storage jars were everyday items, but because of their beauty and massive size, and because Dave signed and inscribed many with poems, they now fetch six figures at auction. We know of no other slave artist who dared to put his name on his work, a dangerous advertisement of literacy.Fascinated by the man and by this troubling family history, Leonard Todd moved from Manhattan to Edgefield, South Carolina, where his ancestors had established a thriving pottery industry in the early 1800s. Todd studied each of Dave's poems for biographical clues, which he pieced together with local records and family letters to create this moving and dramatic chronicle of Dave's life-a story of creative triumph in the midst of slavery. Many of Dave's astounding jars are found now in America's finest museums.

Author Biography:

Leonard Todd, the author of three previous books, has written for Travel & Leisure and Cosmopolitan, among other magazines. He is a graduate of the Yale School of Art and Architecture and works as a graphic designer. He lives in Edgefield, South Carolina.
Release date NZ
January 23rd, 2009
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Audience
  • General (US: Trade)
Country of Publication
United States
Illustrations
8 pages of color; 31 black & white
Imprint
WW Norton & Co
Pages
336
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Dimensions
163x244x28
ISBN-13
9780393058567
Product ID
2750766

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