Native Guard
Natasha Trethewey
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Native Guard
Published
2012
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade & Reference Publishers
Pages
50
ISBN-13
9781299886360
Description
Winner of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for poetry, Natasha Trethewey's elegiac *Native Guard* is a deeply personal volume that brings together two legacies of the Deep South. The title of the collection refers to the Mississippi Native Guards, a black regiment whose role in the Civil War has been largely overlooked by history. As a child in Gulfport, Mississippi, in the 1960s, Trethewey could gaze across the water to the fort on Ship Island where Confederate captives once were guarded by black soldiers serving the Union cause. The racial legacy of the South touched Trethewey's life on a much more immediate level, too. Many of the poems in *Native Guard* pay loving tribute to her mother, whose marriage to a white man was illegal in her native Mississippi in the 1960s. Years after her mother's tragic death, Trethewey reclaims her memory, just as she reclaims the voices of the black soldiers whose service has been all but forgotten.
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How many pages are in Native Guard?
This edition of Native Guard has approximately 50 pages. Please note, this is an estimate and the exact page count can vary between hardcover, paperback, and e-book versions.
How long does it take to read Native Guard?
For most readers, Native Guard typically takes between 1h 3m and 42m to complete. This is based on the book's length of approximately 12,500 words and common reading speeds.
Here's a detailed breakdown: • Continuous reading at 250 WPM: approximately 50m of focused reading • Casual reading (30 minutes/day): you could finish in roughly 2 days • Estimated word count: 12,500 words
Your individual reading time will vary based on your personal reading pace, the amount of daily reading time, and your familiarity with the subject matter.
What is the word count of Native Guard?
The estimated word count for Native Guard is approximately 12,500 words. This figure is calculated using industry-standard methods that consider genre-specific word density patterns, typical formatting and layout characteristics, and standard words-per-page ratios for published books.
This is an approximation — actual word count may vary based on font size, formatting, edition, and the presence of illustrations or charts.
Who is the author of Native Guard?
Native Guard was written by Natasha Trethewey.
When was Native Guard published?
The publication date for this specific edition is 2012. The original work may have been published on a different date.