Master Robert - Stevens, Robert L.
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Men are creatures of the time in which they live and take their color from the conditions that surround them, as the chameleon does from the grass or leaves in which it hides.-from Master Robert Life is unpredictable. Like a hurricane that descends without warning, it wreaks havoc, destroys fields and property, and brings peril to those in its wake. An event over which we have no control can dramatically affect our lives. Amos and Amelia, surrogate children of Robert Stafford, a wealthy planter from Cumberland Island, Georgia, grow from youth into adulthood during the Civil War. Master Robert…mehr

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Men are creatures of the time in which they live and take their color from the conditions that surround them, as the chameleon does from the grass or leaves in which it hides.-from Master Robert Life is unpredictable. Like a hurricane that descends without warning, it wreaks havoc, destroys fields and property, and brings peril to those in its wake. An event over which we have no control can dramatically affect our lives. Amos and Amelia, surrogate children of Robert Stafford, a wealthy planter from Cumberland Island, Georgia, grow from youth into adulthood during the Civil War. Master Robert is eccentric. He has Northern sympathies yet lives in the South, marries his mulatto slave, sires six children, and creates a "peculiar" society. His slaves have more freedom than those on any plantation in the South. The ominous and precipitous events of the war threaten his plantation and his life. Amos and Amelia, pulled like a riptide into this maelstrom, witness the evacuation of Fernandina, the largest naval invasion in US history, the burning of Master Robert's cotton shed, carry a message to a blockade runner, celebrate Jonkonnu, a slave holiday, and grieve at their mother's funeral. Master Robert captures the life and spirit of plantation society during the Civil War. "It is refreshing to see several current movies and books such as Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker, Lee Daniel's The Butler, and Master Robert all imparting the perspective of the slave or former slave. In the case of Master Robert we get the opportunity to see life on a plantation through the eyes and ears of slave twins, Amos and Amelia." -Mary Smith, Past President, Texas Social Studies Supervisor's Assocaition, member of the Texas Council for the Social Studies abd currently an educational concusltant.
Autorenporträt
Robert L Stevens (Rob) lives with his wife, three dogs and a cat in Cornwall where he enjoys long walks, a game of darts, and the occasional pint of cider. From an early age, he discovered a passion for science-fiction and fantasy, being obsessed with dragons, robots and monsters. His appreciation for fantasy grew as he aged. It has opened so many worlds to him through his love of books and cinema and has even got him playing dungeons & dragons. Loving fantasy stories, he decided to try and write a book even after being told that due to his dyslexia he could never succeed. So, early one morning, armed only with his imagination and his sense of humour, he decided to "just write" to see where it would take him. He started creating an epic fantasy story. . . This Story. It has not been easy and has taken years but the proof that he could write a book is right here.