| Field by his descendantsMany of tthese descendants use the last name of LewisThe novel travels through five other time periodsIn each the central character is a young member of the Lewis family who faces a turning point in his or her lifeAs you meet the Lewises and the many other characters in the novel they will come to life through Walter Dean Myerss sful use of dialogueMyers has been much praised by critics for his use of the rhythms of black speech and for defining characters through dialogueThe author also has been praised for bringing history to life through stories of ordinary peopleAfter reading each of the stories that make up the novel you are likely to feel that you have actually visited these times and placesYou will come to understand the challenges facing these young African Americans as well as how these challenges change and how they stay the same over timeTHE TIME AND PLACE The Glory Field spans the years from to The novel is set in three primary locations coastal South Carolina Chicago and New York CityOne location�the South Carolina land that the Lewis family calls the Glory Field�is central to the novelFamily members first work this land as enslaved people on the Live Oaks PlantationThe plantation economy in America began when the southern colonies were first settledFertile lands were made into large farms of between two | usually housed between fifty and two enslaved peoplePlantations were minivillagesCrops were processed through milling or grinding lumber was treated at the sawmill and animals were raised housed and slaughteredEnslaved people some of whom became quite sed performed these tasksThey also cleaned the planters large manor house cooked his familys food washed the clothing and performed scores of other daily tasksFinally enslaved people did most of the field work�planting tending and harvesting the cropsBecause the planter wasnt paying his workers he made a great deal of selling his crops and could then buy the manufactured goods he neededThus the South had few factories or citiesItspeople both black and white lived in scattered groups throughout the vast open farmlandsIn the novel after the Civil War the Lewis family stays on a piece of land its members farmed as enslaved workersThey become landowners as some historical African Americans didThese new landowners received their land in one of several waysSometimes plantations were split up among formerly enslaved workersAt other times the government helped d African Americans buy land at reduced costsA large number |
| Tunisia beach attack ExBirmingham City player and wife ed A former Birmingham City footballer and his wife were among those ed in the Tunisian beach attack the BBC understands Denis Thwaites and his partner Elaine aged and from Lancashire were staying at the Hotel Riu Imperial Marhaba in Sousse when the attack took place The shooting on Friday�ed people most of whom were British The football club said it was deeply shocked and saddened by the s Their soninlaw Danny Clifford earlier said news the family received telling them the Blackpool couple were in hospital was misinformation Gordon Marsden Labour MP for Blackpool South�tweeted�Very sad to hear Denis & Elaine Thwaites from Blackpool among those ed in the terrorist attack in Sousse Condolences to their family Born in StocktononTees in December Mr Thwaites played for Birmingham City between and before retiring from football at the age of Birmingham City posted�a tweet�saying We are deeply shocked and saddened by the of former player Denis Thwaites and his wife Elaine in the Tunisian terrorist attack Our thoughts are with Denis family The club also offers its condolences to all who are mourning loved ones due to this atrocity May they rest in peace | Their s are yet to be officially confirmed by the Foreign Office The Prime Minister confirmed the gunman Seifeddine Rezgui was thought to have been part of a network inspired by Islamic State militants A�national minutes silence will be held�to remember victims of the attack on Friday at BST a week after the shooting Greece debt crisis Lastminute talks after new offer Lastminute talks are taking place in Athens over whether to accept an offer by creditors allog Greece to repay part of its debt Greek media say Greece is hours away from a line to repay a bn bn loan to the International Monetary Fund IMF one it may miss One of Greeces creditors made a lastminute proposal of reforms on Monday reports say If Athens accepts the deal it will up cash to repay the bn Greek media say the government is in talks over the offer�made by European Commission President JeanClaude Juncker late on Monday One of the main points in the new offer is a change in terms to Ekas a topup given to poorer Greek pensioners Athens does not want it scrapped before but Europe wants it phased out earlier |
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