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Rockwell, Anne

Open the Door to Liberty!: A Biography of Toussaint L'Ouverture

64 pp. | Houghton | January, 2009 | Trade ISBN 978-0-618-60570-5 $18.00
(3) 4-6 Illustrated by R. Gregory Christie. This book touches on sophisticated ideas of race, politics, and national identity that influenced the life of eighteenth-century Haitian revolutionary Toussaint L'Ouverture. Background information detailing the history of Haiti and international relations between France and England enhance this cradle-to-grave story. Christie's expressively shaded gouache illustrations handsomely decorate a lesser-known chapter of world history. An author's note and "Cast of Characters" are appended. Bib.
Reviewer: Betty Carter

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