Sugar Cage
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Abstract
**Warning: Some readers may find certain scenes in this book disturbing.**
This gritty story takes place during the 1960s and follows the intertwined lives of a disparate cast of characters who find themselves in St. Augustine during the Civil Rights riots that took place near or in the Plaza de la Constitucion. One character remembers her past while visiting the tourist sites in town, another sits with her children in the car while her husband joins the protests prohibiting African-Americans from enjoying equal rights, while still other characters deal with unhappy marriages, widowhood, the Occult, abandonment, and being a single parent.
Local locations visited or mentioned in the text include the old slave market, the Wax Museum, the Our Confederate Dead Monument, the Castillo de San Marcos, the Fountain of Youth, the Old City Gates, the Huguenot Cemetery, Charlotte Street, St. George Street, Bridge of Lions, the Cathedral Basilica, Fountain of Youth, Anastasia Island, A1A, and Lincolnville.
This gritty story takes place during the 1960s and follows the intertwined lives of a disparate cast of characters who find themselves in St. Augustine during the Civil Rights riots that took place near or in the Plaza de la Constitucion. One character remembers her past while visiting the tourist sites in town, another sits with her children in the car while her husband joins the protests prohibiting African-Americans from enjoying equal rights, while still other characters deal with unhappy marriages, widowhood, the Occult, abandonment, and being a single parent.
Local locations visited or mentioned in the text include the old slave market, the Wax Museum, the Our Confederate Dead Monument, the Castillo de San Marcos, the Fountain of Youth, the Old City Gates, the Huguenot Cemetery, Charlotte Street, St. George Street, Bridge of Lions, the Cathedral Basilica, Fountain of Youth, Anastasia Island, A1A, and Lincolnville.
Identifier
COPY 1: SPECIAL PS3556 .O8265 S93 1992
COPY 2: PS3556 .O8265 S93 1992
COPY 2: PS3556 .O8265 S93 1992
Access Rights
COPY 1: This item is part of Special Collections and is accessible by appointment-only.
COPY 2: This item is part of the Circulating Collection and can be checked out with a valid Flagler ID. Non-Flagler affiliates will need to request this book through their local library's Inter-Library Loan program.
COPY 2: This item is part of the Circulating Collection and can be checked out with a valid Flagler ID. Non-Flagler affiliates will need to request this book through their local library's Inter-Library Loan program.
Creator
Title
Sugar Cage
Ms. Fowler signed both copies.
Contributor
Brigid Pearson and William Johnson, cover designers of paperback
Publisher
COPY 1: New York: Washington Square Press
COPY 2: New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons
COPY 2: New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons
Date
Format
COPY 1: Paperback book
COPY 2: Hardcover book
COPY 2: Hardcover book
Language
English
Audience
Subject
Didactic
Fantasy or Paranormal
Race Relations
Fantasy or Paranormal
Race Relations
Coverage
Civil Rights Period
Has Format
Available for free on Internet Archive.
Has Version
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References
McCarthy, Kevin. M. The Book Lover’s Guide to Florida. 1st ed. Sarasota, FL: Pineapple Press, 1992.
Bibliographic Citation
COPY 1: Fowler, Connie May. Sugar Cage. New York: Washington Square Press, 1992.
COPY 2: Fowler, Connie May. Sugar Cage. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1992.
COPY 2: Fowler, Connie May. Sugar Cage. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1992.
Collection
Citation
Connie May Fowler, “Sugar Cage,” St. Augustine Fiction, accessed June 22, 2025, https://staugustinefiction.omeka.net/items/show/150.