I am currently reading it. I ordered it from my local bookshop in Canberra, Australia. The themes are resonating deeply. Oddly, also concurrently reading 'Master Slave Husband Wife, by Ilyon Woo. - another epic American road trip to find freedom.
October 31, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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📅 Tues. 9/9 @ 7PM: We welcome Nicholas Boggs for a discussion of his new biography "Baldwin: A Love Story", the first major biography of James Baldwin in three decades. He will be joined in conversation by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ilyon Woo. Learn more: buff.ly/XPWXzIH
September 8, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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2. Master Slave Husband Wife by Ilyon Woo. A biography/account of the Crafts, a couple who escaped slavery with the wife posing as a white man and her husband posing as her slave.
February 1, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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I just finished reading "Master Slave Husband Wife" by Ilyon Woo. It is a very readable non-fiction account of a couple's escape from US slavery in 1848.
The diary of their travels includes Glasgow and the Trades Hall.
The bibliography and index may be a treasure for you.
I just finished reading "Master Slave Husband Wife" by Ilyon Woo. It is a very readable non-fiction account of a couple's escape from US slavery in 1848.
The diary of their travels includes Glasgow and the Trades Hall.
The bibliography and index may be a treasure for you.
February 22, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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מהשבעה הנותרים חמישה הם ספרים מצויינים
“Eastbound,” by Maylis de Kerangal
“North Woods,” by Daniel Mason
“The Best Minds,” by Jonathan Rosen
“Master Slave Husband Wife,” by Ilyon Woo
“Some People Need Killing,” by Patricia Evangelista
“Eastbound,” by Maylis de Kerangal
“North Woods,” by Daniel Mason
“The Best Minds,” by Jonathan Rosen
“Master Slave Husband Wife,” by Ilyon Woo
“Some People Need Killing,” by Patricia Evangelista
December 7, 2024 at 7:42 PM
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On my TBR (among many other titles)
👉🏻 The Devil Takes You Home by @gabino.bsky.social
👉🏻 Arcadia by @legroff.bsky.social
👉🏻 Master, Slave, Husband, Wife by Ilyon Woo
👉🏻 Little Birds by Anais Nin
👉🏻 The Regeneration Trilogy by Pat Barker
#booksky 📚💙 #tbr
👉🏻 The Devil Takes You Home by @gabino.bsky.social
👉🏻 Arcadia by @legroff.bsky.social
👉🏻 Master, Slave, Husband, Wife by Ilyon Woo
👉🏻 Little Birds by Anais Nin
👉🏻 The Regeneration Trilogy by Pat Barker
#booksky 📚💙 #tbr
What's on your current #TBR (no order needed unless you really want to)
* A Werewolf's Guide to Seducing a Vampire
* Root Rot
* Scuttler's Cove
* They Bloom at Night
* Hunt for the Golden Scarab
💙📚 #BookSky #AmReading
* A Werewolf's Guide to Seducing a Vampire
* Root Rot
* Scuttler's Cove
* They Bloom at Night
* Hunt for the Golden Scarab
💙📚 #BookSky #AmReading
November 22, 2024 at 6:25 PM
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"If America were a cradle of liberty, [William Wells Brown] once quipped, it had rocked its baby to death."
~ Ilyon Woo, Master Slave Husband Wife: an Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom
~ Ilyon Woo, Master Slave Husband Wife: an Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom
December 6, 2024 at 2:58 PM
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The abolitionist William Craft was born 200 years ago today.* Who was he, and why should we remember him?
*Wikipedia and other sites list September 25, 1824 as Craft’s birthday, but his biographer Ilyon Woo gives it as 9/22/1823 on page 31 (see image) of her recent book (more on which below!).
*Wikipedia and other sites list September 25, 1824 as Craft’s birthday, but his biographer Ilyon Woo gives it as 9/22/1823 on page 31 (see image) of her recent book (more on which below!).
September 22, 2023 at 7:30 PM
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(7/7) #BlackHistoryMonth #CelebrateDiversity #LiteraryLegends #ReadBlackAuthors #CelebrateBlackVoices #LiteraryGems #NonfictionBooks #Memoirs #Biographies #Essays #Speeches
February 8, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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Book #6:
Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom by Ilyon Woo
Finish date: 01/18/2025
Rating: 4/5
Challenge categories completed: Biography, Book featuring a long and arduous journey
Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom by Ilyon Woo
Finish date: 01/18/2025
Rating: 4/5
Challenge categories completed: Biography, Book featuring a long and arduous journey
April 12, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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today's lifting weights, in case i need to bodyslam a 🐷, is brought to you by:
Nadifa Mohamed's incredible biographical novel 'Black Mamba Boy'
and
'Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom' (non-fiction) by Ilyon Woo
both are great and essential reading 💙📚
Nadifa Mohamed's incredible biographical novel 'Black Mamba Boy'
and
'Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom' (non-fiction) by Ilyon Woo
both are great and essential reading 💙📚
December 11, 2023 at 3:28 PM
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The RuffCuts 2023 Halloween Spooktacular is here and Boyks has a spooky surprise movie for everyone, including Ilyon!
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Episode 157 - Halloween Spooktacular 2023 | Ruff Cuts
It's time for spooky night and we have an extra scary surprise movie for everyone - including Ilyon.
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October 31, 2023 at 7:57 PM
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"Master Slave Husband Wife by Ilyon Woo blends history and biography with the story of Ellen and William Craft, two remarkable people who escaped slavery, and through danger and constant challenges would become abolitionists and heroes in American history." youtu.be/78BHT3Xaa0U?...
#PouredOver: Ilyon Woo on Master Slave Husband Wife
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May 16, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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Oh no, in another step to being old really enjoying history books lately, now it’s this one
February 25, 2024 at 11:42 PM
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Book Review: Master Slave Husband Wife by Ilyon Woo
Author: Ilyon Woo Title: Master Slave Husband Wife Narrator: Janina Edwards, Leon Nixon Publication Info: Simon & Schuster Audio, 2023 Summary/Review: This historical work focuses on efforts of enslaved Black people to liberate themselves and […]
Author: Ilyon Woo Title: Master Slave Husband Wife Narrator: Janina Edwards, Leon Nixon Publication Info: Simon & Schuster Audio, 2023 Summary/Review: This historical work focuses on efforts of enslaved Black people to liberate themselves and […]
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October 23, 2024 at 7:30 PM
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I do. I just finished Master Slave Husband Wife by Ilyon Woo. I live in DC so Flee holds extra interest. Most slave escapes happened in the mid-Atlantic region so the history here is particularly interesting.
October 16, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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Another Big Fish!
November 20, 2024 at 3:17 AM
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Master Slave Husband Wife by Ilyon Woo
July 6, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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There were many really compelling books I read this year.
December 17, 2024 at 2:54 PM
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"In telling the true story of Ellen and William Craft, Ilyon Woo employed a number of tricks I’ve seen in thrillers, mysteries, and suspense, and she kept me rapt for over 400 pages." ~ Caitlin Wahrer
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How They Did It: Creating Tension with POV in Master Slave Husband Wife
By Caitlin Wahrer When I checked out Master Slave Husband Wife, the biography of an enslaved American couple who emancipated themselves in 1848, I expected a history lesson. I did not expect suspen…
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December 3, 2024 at 2:29 PM
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WHALE FALL by Daniel Kraus, MASTER SLAVE HUSBAND WIFE by Ilyon Woo, SEVENOAKS by Neal Stephenson. In between my normal doses of Golden Age Mysteries of course.
February 2, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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📚 Nicholas Boggs discusses Baldwin: A Love Story, in conversation with Ilyon Woo, at Harvard Book Store.
📚 Josh Funk discusses Whodonut?: A Holiday Mystery at Porter Square Books: Cambridge.
📚 Trans YA Book Club discusses Pet by Akwaeke Emezi at QT Library.
📚 Josh Funk discusses Whodonut?: A Holiday Mystery at Porter Square Books: Cambridge.
📚 Trans YA Book Club discusses Pet by Akwaeke Emezi at QT Library.
September 9, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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Thanks to #Pulitzer prize winning #author Ilyon Woo for this generous #endorsement of our #book Starcrossed: tinyurl.com/4ea4ukcj #Paris #WW2 #Auschwitz #Holocaust #Lovestory #lovers #Rolandgarros
June 5, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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