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Remembering a Book

KillgrimageKillgrimage Registered User regular
edited February 2010 in Help / Advice Forum
Right, so it's a book I had to read in AP American Studies. I hated the class, but the book was pretty cool. However, I never got to finish it (decided to drop the class) and now I can't remember the name.

Plot points I recall!

-Book was set in revolutionary-ish times.
-Took place on a ship, I think it was called the USS Constitution or some similar title
-Story was a giant metaphor for the American Revolution or something, and the ship's name was tied into this.
-It was from the point of view of a deck hand/ship's boy who may have been black. I think he was trying to get away from his girlfriend so he took the ship job.
-The biggest point I remember was that the ship was carrying a God. Like, literally, in the hold. And there was some philosophical argument about how a God can't be self-aware. That really stuck with me and what makes me want to read more.

I've scoured the net with what I can but without author/title or even a good summary, I'm stuck.

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  • JHunzJHunz Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    I remember that too. Unfortunately, I don't remember the title either and the strange plot points I recall are not easily googled.

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  • MKRMKR Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Do you happen to remember what the cover looked like? One place to start might be to drop "USS Constitution" into Google Books' search and start browsing through covers until you hit something familiar.

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  • KillgrimageKillgrimage Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Unfortunately, I'm not certain that IS the ship's name, and if it is, then all I bring up are a bunch of links for the real (and awesome) USS Constitution in Boston. Although, I am going to try with a couple other names (Revolution, Independence, etc) so good on pointing me to Google Books.

    @JHunz: Good to know someone else recognizes the plot. Did you have to read it for school too?

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  • JHunzJHunz Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Killgrimage wrote: »
    Unfortunately, I'm not certain that IS the ship's name, and if it is, then all I bring up are a bunch of links for the real (and awesome) USS Constitution in Boston. Although, I am going to try with a couple other names (Revolution, Independence, etc) so good on pointing me to Google Books.

    @JHunz: Good to know someone else recognizes the plot. Did you have to read it for school too?
    I'm not sure. I'll ask my wife - if she remembers it too then it probably was for school.

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