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Author : Peter H. Wood
Release : 2003-01-02
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 237/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Strange New Land by : Peter H. Wood
Download or read book Strange New Land written by Peter H. Wood. This book was released on 2003-01-02. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers a history of Africans in North America from the first arrivals in 1526 through the Revolutionary War.
Author : Patricia Hermes
Release : 2002-05-01
Genre : Juvenile Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 988/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Our Strange New Land by : Patricia Hermes
Download or read book Our Strange New Land written by Patricia Hermes. This book was released on 2002-05-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nine-year-old Elizabeth keeps a journal of her experiences in the New World as she encounters Indians, suffers hunger and the death of friends, and helps her father build their first home.
Author : Yoffy Press
Release : 2021-10-05
Genre : Photography
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 205/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Our Strange New Land by : Yoffy Press
Download or read book Our Strange New Land written by Yoffy Press. This book was released on 2021-10-05. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Morgan Jerkins
Release : 2021-07-06
Genre : Social Science
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Book Rating : 447/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Wandering in Strange Lands by : Morgan Jerkins
Download or read book Wandering in Strange Lands written by Morgan Jerkins. This book was released on 2021-07-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of TIME's 100 Must Read Books of 2020 and one of Good Housekeeping's Best Books of the Year “One of the smartest young writers of her generation.”—Book Riot Featuring a new afterword from the author, Morgan Jerkins' powerful story of her journey to understand her northern and southern roots, the Great Migration, and the displacement of black people across America. Between 1916 and 1970, six million black Americans left their rural homes in the South for jobs in cities in the North, West, and Midwest in a movement known as The Great Migration. But while this event transformed the complexion of America and provided black people with new economic opportunities, it also disconnected them from their roots, their land, and their sense of identity, argues Morgan Jerkins. In this fascinating and deeply personal exploration, she recreates her ancestors’ journeys across America, following the migratory routes they took from Georgia and South Carolina to Louisiana, Oklahoma, and California. Following in their footsteps, Jerkins seeks to understand not only her own past, but the lineage of an entire group of people who have been displaced, disenfranchised, and disrespected throughout our history. Through interviews, photos, and hundreds of pages of transcription, Jerkins braids the loose threads of her family’s oral histories, which she was able to trace back 300 years, with the insights and recollections of black people she met along the way—the tissue of black myths, customs, and blood that connect the bones of American history. Incisive and illuminating, Wandering in Strange Lands is a timely and enthralling look at America’s past and present, one family’s legacy, and a young black woman’s life, filtered through her sharp and curious eyes.
Author : Walker Percy
Release : 2000-04
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 193/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Signposts in a Strange Land by : Walker Percy
Download or read book Signposts in a Strange Land written by Walker Percy. This book was released on 2000-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At his death in 1990, Walker Percy left a considerable legacy of uncollected nonfiction. Assembled in Signposts in a Strange Land, these essays on language, literature, philosophy, religion, psychiatry, morality, and life and letters in the South display the imaginative versatility of an author considered by many to be one the greatest modern American writers.
