Project Gutenberg 2004-07-01 Public domain in the USA. 124 Tourgée, Albion Winegar 1838 1905 Tourgee, Albion Winegar Bricks Without Straw: A Novel Charles Aldarondo, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Bricks Without Straw" by Albion Winegar Tourgée is a novel written in the late 19th century, likely during the period of Reconstruction following the American Civil War. The book explores the complexities of freedom and identity for formerly enslaved individuals, with a focus on the main character Nimbus, a newly freed man grappling with name changes and the implications of freedom for himself and his family. At the start of the novel, we are introduced to Nimbus, a Black man reflecting on the transformations he and his fellow freedmen face after emancipation. Through a soliloquy, he muses on the challenges of adopting new names and the confusion that soon follows, highlighting the remnants of his past as a slave and his desire to shed those associations. The dialogue between Nimbus and his friend 'Liab reveals the struggles in forging a new identity and the social implications of freedom. The narrative resonates with themes of self-definition, the legacy of slavery, and the quest for both personal and communal identity in a changing world. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 76.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Historical fiction Southern States -- Fiction Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- Fiction Freed persons -- Southern States -- Fiction African Americans -- Southern States -- Fiction PS Text Category: Novels Category: American Literature 974946 2025-07-03T06:21:49.158748 text/html 974767 2025-01-09T21:39:58.843561 text/html 468212 2025-07-03T06:22:00.794674 application/epub+zip 482242 2025-07-03T06:21:52.672708 application/epub+zip 446637 2025-07-03T06:21:51.379679 application/epub+zip 800954 2025-07-03T06:22:06.995600 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 759269 2025-07-03T06:21:59.861683 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 700532 2022-09-03T10:09:08.519018 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 906148 2025-07-03T06:21:48.581746 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 901082 2020-12-29T09:41:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18685 2025-07-03T06:22:07.121596 application/rdf+xml 16503 2025-07-03T06:21:51.865664 image/jpeg 3858 2025-07-03T06:21:51.620683 image/jpeg 354252 2020-12-29T09:41:01 application/octet-stream application/zip 463268 2025-07-03T06:21:49.231732 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia