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The book tells the story of George and Willie Muse, two African-American brothers who were kidnapped and forced to perform as sideshow attractions because they were albinos. Truevine was released on October 18, 2016 through Little, Brown and Company.
Oct 18, 2016 · In her new book Truevine, journalist Beth Macy tells the story of George and Willie Muse, brothers kidnapped by a circus agent to become sideshow performers, and their mother Harriett, who...
- Allison Mcnearney
Oct 17, 2016 · For years, black children around Roanoke, Va., heard the cautionary tale of Willie and George Muse, African American albino brothers who were kidnapped and forced to perform in a series of...
- Lynn Neary
Mar 3, 2017 · In Truevine, Virginia, in 1899 everyone the Muse brothers knew was either a former slave, or a child or grandchild of slaves. George and Willie Muse were just six and nine years old, but they worked the fields from dawn to dark.
- Pan Macmillan
Oct 18, 2016 · Journalist Beth Macy talks about George and Willie Muse, black albino brothers who were born in the Jim Crow South and were forced to become circus freaks. Her new book, Truevine, retells their...
Oct 18, 2016 · George and Willie Muse, two albino brothers who were kidnapped (“Stolen”) by a circus manager and forced to work in the circus for many years without pay. The Muse brothers were global superstars because the color of their skin and in the outrageous caricatures they were forced to assume.
Mar 15, 2017 · Beth Macy’s bestselling book tells the story of two African American brothers with albinism who were kidnapped and forced to perform in a 1920s circus.
