"Once on This River"

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"Intense...evocative." Kirkus Reviews

"A shattering story...Young people will be caught by the history and will want to find out more about it." Booklist

"Once on This River" is a novel that will live in the readers' hearts long after the book has been closed." National Black Employment Directory

"How refreshing it is to see a different presentation of colonial New York from the usual patriots and politics. Wyeth's plot is original and the story is lovingly researched." Cleveland Plain Dealer

"'Once on This River' portrays the powerful love and compassion that can find and emancipate a family, a generation, a race." Black Issues Book Review

"ONCE ON THIS RIVER"Alfred A. Knopf, NY ISBN 0-679-89446-2; Cover Art Copyright, Raul Colon