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    The Land: Logans, Book 1

    Written by Mildred D. Taylor

    Narrated by Ruben Santiago-Hudson

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    This searing and inspiring prequel to Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry is the story of Cassie Logan’s grandfather. Paul-Edward is the son of a white father and a half-black, half-Indian mother. His father raises him almost as if he were white, but when it counts, he’s treated as a black man with racist spite and hatred. He cannot fit into either the black world or the white world. The one thing that Paul-Edward loves is the land, and he spends the rest of his life trying to own land of his own. He takes on a variety of jobs, and is brutally cheated and mistreated by his white employers, but he eventually succeeds, at great personal and financial cost, in owning his own patch of land.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateJul 5, 2000
    ISBN9780807206201
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    • 5/5
      I have a hard time imagining this type of mentality existed. I hurt for Paul but so glad he achived his goal but at such a price.
    • 5/5
      Set in the latter half of the nineteenth century, we follow from childhood to maturity Paul-Edward, the son of a Southern white landowner and a black former slave girl. Edward Logan had three sons with by his legal wife along with Paul and his sister by the slave girl, but treated all as equal and taught all his children to respect one another. But while they grew up together as equals it was gradually made clear that as they grew older and went out into the world things would be different for Paul and his sister, and even though Paul looked to be white he would always be regarded as a man of colour, and could not expect equal treatment. Paul loved his father's land and initially imagined one day it would be his, after all of all his father's children he was the only one with any affinity with the soil, and he was a natural with animals able to pacify and ride the wildest of horses. But as he grew it became apparent that he would never come into possession of this land and so he longed to have land of his own.Living on his father's land were other freed black slaves. Mitchell, the son of one of these and about Paul's age was a constant tormentor of Paul in his childhood, taunting him and often hitting him. But as they grew older their relationship slowly changed, first to a grudging respect and then to friendship. Paul knew the only way he would get to own land of his own was to leave his father, and this happened sooner than expected and under less than ideal circumstances when both he and Mitchell found themselves on the run. So began their adventures together, and while Paul was always looking to the time he could achieve his goal, Mitchell was happy to go along with him content with whatever each day would bring. During this time they leaned trust and even rely upon each other as their friendship grew and they came to regard themselves as brother.Much was yet to happen before Paul stood any hope, if ever, of owning land; good fortune interspersed with disaster and tragedy; long ours of labouring for unfair bosses; success racing horses; dealings with dishonest businessmen who thought nothing of cheating a man of colour. But there were also those who recognised Paul and Mitchell's good qualities and would help them. Paul-Edward gives his own account of these early years of his life, and concludes with a brief summary of the years that followed.Mildred D Taylor writes with honesty and with no apology, highlighting the dreadful inequalities suffered by blacks following the abolition of slavery, thankfully and quite rightly giving no quarter to political correctness. Having based much of The Land on stories told to her by family members about her own family's history it has an air of authenticity and provides an insight on a past way of life. But it is above all a story about friendship, love and loyalty; and a compelling read. My one regret is that it somehow glossed over the details of then transition in the relationship between Paul and Mitchell and their bonding.
    • 4/5
      Very emotionally moving tale of a half-white child coming of age and struggling to own his own land in Mississippi in the post reconstruction era. Great writing conveys emotion and conflict and a sense of mission.
    • 5/5
      This is by far the best book written by Mildred Taylor as it relates to the Logan family. Although it captures the family's story from its beginning, it was the last book I read (and I believe Taylor's last book written about the family) that is part of the series. I absolutely loved it. The character and plot developments in the novel are phenomenal. It deals beautifully and realistically with how the love of family can elevate one to levels unimaginable.
    • 5/5
      Absorbing story of a mixed-race boy growing to manhood in the south. Treated equally as his white siblings by his white Daddy while growing up, about age 15 he became aware that he would never be treated as a white man. Paul-Edward Logan would set out running with his best friend Mitchell Thomas, after disobeying his father about a horse race. They would find themselves in Mississippi. He never tried to 'pass' for white except once when he felt he & Mitchell (who was black) were in danger. What he wanted more than anything else was land. He had loved the land he grew up on and he wanted something similar that he could call his own. He never wavered in this dream. At whatever he set out to do to earn a living such as working in the rough logging camps or building made-to-order beautiful pieces of furniture, he did it well. His courage was unfailing, he asked over & over for a loan to buy land and over & over he was told 'no'. But he never gave up. At the end you find that the story is based on the author's own family. I am reminded again and again that to have been a slave or to have come from a slave (such as Paul-Edward) took great courage. What I sometimes fail to see is the even greater courage it took for a black man (or woman) to have a dream in a white man's world and never give up on it. This story is remarkable in sharing that.