β Scribed by John Sayles
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It's 1897. Gold has been discovered in the Yukon. New York is under the sway of Hearst and Pulitzer. And in a few months an American battleship will explode in a Cuban harbor plunging the U.S. into war. Spanning five years and half a dozen countries this is the unforgettable story of that extraordinary moment: the turn of the twentieth century as seen by one of the greatest storytellers of our time.
Shot through with a lyrical intensity and stunning detail that recall Doctorow and Deadwood both A Moment in the Sun takes the whole era in its sights--from the white-racist coup in Wilmington North Carolina to the bloody dawn of U.S. interventionism in the Philippines. Beginning with Hod Brackenridge searching for his fortune in the North and hurtling forward on the voices of a breathtaking range of men and women--Royal Scott an African American infantryman whose life outside the military has been destroyed; Diosdado Concepcion a Filipino insurgent...
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