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Author: Erskine Caldwell Publisher: Open Road Media ISBN: 145321710X Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 163
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DIVDIVFourteen stories that follow a young boy coming of age in a dysfunctional family in the rural South /div DIVMeet William Stroop, a young son of the South whose charming voice and mordant observations of family and culture make him one of American literature’s most memorable narrators. In these fourteen interwoven stories, William details the high (and low) points of his family history, focusing particularly on his lazy, scheming father, Morris, his put-upon mother, Martha, and his confidante, Handsome Brown, a young black farmhand. As Morris matches wits with strangers and neighbors alike in constant pursuit of get-rich-quick plans, Martha tries to hold the family together without the aid of any discernable income./divDIV /divDIVTold with the polish and moral resonance of fables, Georgia Boy captures the beauty and tragedy of life in the rural South during the twentieth century./divDIV /divDIVThis ebook features an illustrated biography of Erskine Caldwell including rare photos and never-before-seen documents courtesy of the Dartmouth College Library./div/div
Author: Erskine Caldwell Publisher: Open Road Media ISBN: 145321710X Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 163
Book Description
DIVDIVFourteen stories that follow a young boy coming of age in a dysfunctional family in the rural South /div DIVMeet William Stroop, a young son of the South whose charming voice and mordant observations of family and culture make him one of American literature’s most memorable narrators. In these fourteen interwoven stories, William details the high (and low) points of his family history, focusing particularly on his lazy, scheming father, Morris, his put-upon mother, Martha, and his confidante, Handsome Brown, a young black farmhand. As Morris matches wits with strangers and neighbors alike in constant pursuit of get-rich-quick plans, Martha tries to hold the family together without the aid of any discernable income./divDIV /divDIVTold with the polish and moral resonance of fables, Georgia Boy captures the beauty and tragedy of life in the rural South during the twentieth century./divDIV /divDIVThis ebook features an illustrated biography of Erskine Caldwell including rare photos and never-before-seen documents courtesy of the Dartmouth College Library./div/div
Author: Joseph Bruchac Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 1101664800 Category : Young Adult Fiction Languages : en Pages : 242
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"Readers who choose the book for the attraction of Navajo code talking and the heat of battle will come away with more than they ever expected to find."—Booklist, starred review Throughout World War II, in the conflict fought against Japan, Navajo code talkers were a crucial part of the U.S. effort, sending messages back and forth in an unbreakable code that used their native language. They braved some of the heaviest fighting of the war, and with their code, they saved countless American lives. Yet their story remained classified for more than twenty years. But now Joseph Bruchac brings their stories to life for young adults through the riveting fictional tale of Ned Begay, a sixteen-year-old Navajo boy who becomes a code talker. His grueling journey is eye-opening and inspiring. This deeply affecting novel honors all of those young men, like Ned, who dared to serve, and it honors the culture and language of the Navajo Indians. An ALA Best Book for Young Adults "Nonsensational and accurate, Bruchac's tale is quietly inspiring..."—School Library Journal
Author: Jim Auchmutey Publisher: PublicAffairs ISBN: 1610393554 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 273
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In the midst of racial strife, one young man showed courage and empathy. It took forty years for the others to join him Being a student at Americus High School was the worst experience of Greg Wittkamper's life. Greg came from a nearby Christian commune, Koinonia, whose members devoutly and publicly supported racial equality. When he refused to insult and attack his school's first black students in 1964, Greg was mistreated as badly as they were: harassed and bullied and beaten. In the summer after his senior year, as racial strife in Americus -- and the nation -- reached its peak, Greg left Georgia. Forty-one years later, a dozen former classmates wrote letters to Greg, asking his forgiveness and inviting him to return for a class reunion. Their words opened a vein of painful memory and unresolved emotion, and set him on a journey that would prove healing and saddening. The Class of '65 is more than a heartbreaking story from the segregated South. It is also about four of Greg's classmates -- David Morgan, Joseph Logan, Deanie Dudley, and Celia Harvey -- who came to reconsider the attitudes they grew up with. How did they change? Why, half a lifetime later, did reaching out to the most despised boy in school matter to them? This noble book reminds us that while ordinary people may acquiesce to oppression, we all have the capacity to alter our outlook and redeem ourselves.
Author: Robert L.W Gant Publisher: Xlibris Corporation ISBN: 1450062644 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 120
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Black ideology and black political thoughts were a direct out-growth from the civil rights movement and struggle during the early 60’s. In 1963 I was invited into the civil rights movement by Dick Gregory. At this time I was living on the westside of Chicago. I was born in Augusta, GA. and raised by my grand-parents. “Rawbean! Rawbean! It’s time to get up boy!”, my grandmother yelled (Mrs. Annie Gant). It was 5:00 a.m. and still dark outside and I was still asleep. I could barely hear her yelling. At first I just laid there not fully aware of life and then my nose alerted my taste buds that it must be breakfast time. As the smell of fresh bacon and hot homemade biscuits perfumed the air in my bedroom, again my grandmother called. “Rawbean if you haven’t gotten up and in here in one minute I’m gonna come and get you and you ain’t gonna like it.” I got up and immediately began my morning chores because I knew what grandmother meant and I sure wasn’t in the mood for that especially so early in the morning. When I finally arrived to the kitchen table my grand-dad and my cousins James and Francis were already tasting breakfast. The thought made my mouth water something awful. Our kitchen was like any other country style kitchen of the 30’s for a poor black family. We had a wood burning stove that was in fairly good shape. An ice-box which wasn’t electric but rather one which held a solid block of ice with compartments for food. We had a solid oak kitchen table with six chairs and the kitchen was beautifully decorated with what was not of my grandmother’s choosing. My grandmother was a beautiful African lady! And my grand-dad was Indian. They were a very beautiful couple. They had eight children and my mother was the baby and very spoiled and very beautiful. She was what every one called a Georgia peach. My dad was a Williams and the Williams family was an upper middle class family. My dad worked for one of Augusta’s leading brick companies and operated his own business a fruit and vegetable stand. The weekend was upon us and everyone was busy getting things ready for Sunday. There appears to be something big going on at our family church. I noticed my grandmother taking out my Sunday-best. “Grandmother am I goin’ to church with you!?” “No Rawbean. Come here baby. I’m going to try to explain this to you the best way that I can. Rawbean your grand-dad isn’t your real dad.” “He’s not.” “No, your real dad name is Albert Williams and he would like to see you. Your step-dad will be by later to visit with you and I’m going to dress you now and please don’t get your clothing dirty!” I had never seen my real dad or my step-dad. All of this was new and exciting! Also very sad, because, in my mind grand-dad was my real father. Grandfather and I worked together, played together: He was my best friend and there was nothin’ that could come between us. However, I was thrilled to meet my real father. That afternoon my step-dad arrived on time and my grandmother invited him in. He was tall, dark and handsome with alikeable personality. My mother had remained at their apartment with two brothers and a sister whom I had never seen before; William Jr., Daniel and Flora Bell. I was really thrilled! To know I had brothers and sisters to play with. It was truly a beautiful day. Mr. Johnson introduced himself to me and said, “Robert I’m a friend to your dad and he asked me if I would bring you out to his home to visit him. Would you like to go visit with him?” “Yes!!” My grandmother kissed me and said for me to hurry back. “Mr. Johnson, please take care of the baby!” I had no idea how far my dad really lived. However, once on the outside there was a beautiful automobile awaiting us. My step-dad picked me up and sat me inside. I was thrilled! Mr. Johnson started the motor and began to pull off. I looked back to see grandmother standing in the doorway with a v-e-r-y serious look on her face. It was a very lovely Sunday afternoon. On our way to visit wit
Author: Faleena Hopkins Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781534713253 Category : Man-woman relationships Languages : en Pages : 0
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Jake Cocker's younger brother Jeremy has just enlisted in the Marines, leaving him without a roommate. Jake wasn't aiming to live with a woman but when a curvy, newly single, smart-ass who's at the edge of her rope answers his ad, he changes his mind right quick, but mostly out of pity. Is Drew Charles different enough to tame a wild heart like Jake's, and also manage to gain what other girls haven't had the chance to? The respect of his prestigious family.--Cover [page 4].
Author: Bob Leuci Publisher: Open Road Media ISBN: 1504032349 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 239
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In the gritty seventies, a young cop digs up dirt on the New York Police Department Detective Victoria has never been shy about robbing heroin addicts. He loves the looks on their faces when he kicks down their doors and finds them with needles hanging out of their arms, their highs gone in an instant. After seventeen years on the force, Victoria has no delusions about being an honest cop. And that makes him a perfect bagman for Tommy Doyle. Doyle is the New York Police Department’s chief of detectives, the top dog in a very dirty bunch. To young Bobby Porterfield—who’s deeply in love with Doyle’s daughter, Cathy—the old man is a legend. But as Porterfield is drawn deeper into the dark side of the department, he finds that justice is never black and white. And when Doyle’s top men begin to die, Porterfield fears he may be next.
Author: John C. Inscoe Publisher: University of Georgia Press ISBN: 0820335053 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 314
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The eleven essays in this collection explore the variety of ways in which whites and blacks in Georgia interacted from the end of the Civil War to the dawn of the civil rights movement. They reveal the extent to which racial matters infused politics, religion, education, gender relationships, kinship structure, and community dynamics. In their focus on a broad range of individuals, incidents, and locales, the essays look beyond the obvious injustices of the color line to examine the intricacies, ambiguities, contradictions, and above all, the human dimension that made that line far less rigid or absolute than is often assumed. The stories told here offer new insights into, and provocative interpretations of, the actions and reactions of the men and women, black and white, engaged on both sides of the struggle for racial justice and reform. They provide vivid testimony to the complexity and diversity that have always characterized southern race relations.
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