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The warmth of other suns : the epic story of America's great migration
Record details
- ISBN: 9780679444329 (alk. paper) :
- ISBN: 0679444327 (alk. paper)
- ISBN: 9780679763888 (pbk. : Vintage, 2011)
- ISBN: 0679763880 (pbk. : Vintage, 2011)
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Physical Description:
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x, 622 pages ; 25 cm - Publisher: New York : Random House, [2010]
- Copyright: ©2010
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [555]-587) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- In the land of the forefathers. Leaving ; The Great Migration, 1915-1970 -- Beginnings. Ida Mae Brandon Gladney ; The stirrings of discontent ; George Swanson Starling ; Robert Joseph Pershing Foster ; A burdensome labor ; The Awakening ; Breaking away -- Exodus. The appointed time of their crossing ; Crossing over -- The kinder mistress. Chicago ; New York ; Los Angeles ; The things they left behind ; Transplanted in alien soil ; Divisions ; To bend in strange winds ; The other side of Jordan ; Complications ; The river keeps running ; The prodigals ; Disillusionment ; Revolutions ; The fullness of the migration -- Aftermath. In the places they left ; Losses ; More North and West than South ; Redemption ; And, perhaps, to bloom ; The winter of their lives ; The emancipation of Ida Mae.
- Target Audience Note:
- 1160L Lexile
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Town of Pelham Public Library | 973.9 W (Text) | 31023151309239 | Nonfiction | Available | - |