01985cam a2200349 i 4500 982892785 TxAuBib 20230920120000.0 230424s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u bl2023015055 9781668004524 hbk. $28.00 1668004526 hbk. $28.00 (OCoLC)1377218673 TxAuBib rda Charry, Brinda,. The East Indian. First Scribner hardcover edition. New York : Scribner, 2023. xvii, 252 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references. "Meet Tony: insatiably curious, deeply compassionate, with a unique perspective on every scene he encounters. Kidnapped and transported to the New World after traveling from the British East India Company's outpost on the Coromandel Coast to the teeming streets of London, young Tony finds himself in Jamestown, Virginia, where he and his fellow indentured servants--boys like himself, men from Africa, a mad woman from London--must work the tobacco plantations. Orphaned and afraid, Tony initially longs for home. But as he adjusts to his new environment, finding companionship and even love, he can envision a life for himself after servitude. Set during the early days of English colonization in Jamestown, before servitude calcified into racialized slavery, The East Indian gives authentic voice to an otherwise unknown historic figure and brings the world he would have encountered to vivid life"-- Provided by publisher. 20230920. East Indians Virginia Fiction. Indentured servants Virginia Fiction. Jamestown (Va) History 17th century Fiction. Historical fiction. Novels. TXMLR