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Preserving Ancestry - by Jay Cannon (Hardcover)

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  • Mtumé grows up in a small village in Eastern Senegambia in the early 1800s, learning to become the village shaman from his mother.
  • Author(s): Jay Cannon
  • 334 Pages
  • Fiction + Literature Genres, Fantasy

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Faced with a civilization-ending pandemic, Chantel Maxi, an infectious disease researcher, must visit her ancestral village in Senegal to find the cure.



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Mtumé grows up in a small village in Eastern Senegambia in the early 1800s, learning to become the village shaman from his mother. Those dreams are dashed when Portuguese slavers invade the camp, killing over half of the villagers and securing the rest for the trek through the jungle to a slave ship waiting at Gorée Island. Along the trail, Mtumé uses his ingenuity and knowledge of herbal remedies to keep his fellow-villagers safe and garner privileges from his captors.

Once the slave ship carrying Mtumé reaches New Orleans, he is sold to the Whitney Plantation, where he teaches his offspring how to use nature's bounty to ward off illnesses. Decades later, his descendant, Chantel, is the Director of the Infectious Disease Center at LSU. When a pandemic strikes, wiping out much of the world's population, Chantel must reach Mtumé's ancient village to find the special herb for the cure to save civilization.

Dimensions (Overall): 8.5 Inches (H) x 5.5 Inches (W) x .88 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.18 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 334
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Sub-Genre: Fantasy
Publisher: Assertive Privacy
Theme: Historical
Format: Hardcover
Author: Jay Cannon
Language: English
Street Date: November 25, 2025
TCIN: 1008299834
UPC: 9798348524173
Item Number (DPCI): 247-53-5743
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship dimensions: 0.88 inches length x 5.5 inches width x 8.5 inches height
Estimated ship weight: 1.18 pounds
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