In her new novel, Portsmouth, NH Poet Laureate (2019-2021) Tammi J. Truax presents an interesting piece of American history that is known to very few.
"In a variety of voices, Truax tells the never-before-told story of the first two elephants to come to America and their enslaved keeper, William.Join Tammi at the following locations in NH where she will be presenting her new book:
In the autumn of 1795 on board a ship from Salem, Massachusetts an enslaved boy named William finds himself tasked with caring for the first elephant to be brought to America. Upon arrival in the city of New York, he and the elephant are sold together. They walk back and forth across the growing country for years so that everyone may see the elephant. A second elephant and owner replace the first and again William is with the elephant every hour of every day, until she too dies. Now a grown man, William has a fleeting moment to decide if he will remain a bondman, or walk off on his own."-- Publisher's blurb
The Well Sweep Gallery in Hillsborough, NH
The Portsmouth Athenaeum in Portsmouth, NH
Water Street Bookstore in Exeter, NH on
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