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       # 2024-07-21 - Of One Blood by Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins
       
       To use pop culture references, this book reminded me of the
       Black Panther movie and also of Indiana Jones.  I enjoyed the
       elements of adventure and travel in this story.  The protagonist is a
       white-passing African American man named Reuel, which is Hebrew for
       Friend Of God.  The book brings to mind the Lost World genre, and i
       read it described as Afrotopian.  It was a relatively quick read.
       
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       From the Wikipedia article about this novel:
       
       The novel's title was inspired by Acts 17:26 in the Bible:
       
       > Of one blood I made all nations of man to dwell upon the whole face
       > of the earth (...) No man can draw the dividing line between the
       > two races, for they are both of one blood!
       
       And to quote the novel itself:
       
       > Caste prejudice, race pride, boundless wealth, scintillating
       > intellects refined by all the arts of the intellectual world, are
       > but puppets in His hand, for His promises stand, and He will prove
       > His words, "Of one blood have I made all races of men."
       
       author: Hopkins, Pauline E. (Pauline Elizabeth)
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       LOC:    PS1999.H4226 O36
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       tags:   ebook,fantasy,fiction,race
       
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