1997, ISBN: 9781573225786

Taschenbuch, Gebundene Ausgabe

London: John Hodges. 54pp disbound pamphlet, nd, believed 1881, printed wrappers, inscription to title page, 'with the cathedral prior's kind regards' . Good. Soft cover. 1st … Mehr…

London: John Hodges. 54pp disbound pamphlet, nd, believed 1881, printed wrappers, inscription to title page, 'with the cathedral prior's kind regards' . Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 1881., John Hodges, 1881, 2.5, United Kingdom: Mount St Bernard Abbey, 1994. Pamphlet. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A brief account of his life from his birth place in Western Nigeria to his death in Leicester, England and the foundation of the Abbey of Our Lady of Mbengwi in Nigeria. Mount St Bernard Abbey, Leicester, UK 1994. illus 41pp pamphlet, fine, Mount St Bernard Abbey, 1994, 5, Riverhead Trade, 1997-02-01. Paperback. Like New. Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes Order this book ... and please don't be put off by its pallid subtitle, A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother, which doesn't begin to do justice to the utterly unique and moving story contained within. The Color of Water tells the remarkable story of Ruth McBride Jordan, the two good men she married, and the 12 good children she raised. Jordan, born Rachel Shilsky, a Polish Jew, immigrated to America soon after birth; as an adult she moved to New York City, leaving her family and faith behind in Virginia. Jordan met and married a black man, making her isolation even more profound. The book is a success story, a testament to one woman's true heart, solid values, and indomitable will. Ruth Jordan battled not only racism but also poverty to raise her children and, despite being sorely tested, never wavered. In telling her story--along with her son's--The Color of Water addresses racial identity with compassion, insight, and realism. It is, in a word, inspiring, and you will finish it with unalloyed admiration for a flawed but remarkable individual. And, perhaps, a little more faith in us all. From Library Journal Like Gregory Williams's Life on the Color Line (LJ 2/1/95), these two memoirs describe growing up interracial from the perspective of the sons of African American fathers and white mothers. McBride, an accomplished journalist and musician, has viewed the yawning chasm of racial division from both sides and, despite carving out a successful life, has been scarred. Unlike Williams and Minerbrook, though, he focuses on a single, singular parent, a rabbi's daughter who later helped her husband establish an all-black Baptist church in her home and saw 12 children through college. His mother's own story, juxtaposed with McBride's, helps make this book a standout. Recommended for all collections. Minerbrook's father came from Chicago's African American high society, his mother from rural Missouri. He paints a detailed portrait of their family life, of relationships complicated by the fact that "human emotions, when mixed with racial issues, are prone to shatter like glass." Nearing middle age, he seeks out the white side of his family, who have rejected his mother and her offspring, and achieves a well-deserved catharsis. Still, his accounts of the almost unrelenting prejudice of white against black, black against white, light-skinned black against dark-skinned black, and so on are deeply disturbing. One is left to borrow the words of another recent commentator and say that this cancer does indeed make me want to holler. Highly recommended. -?Jim Burns, Ottumwa P.L., Ia. Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition., Riverhead Trade, 1997-02-01, 5<

1996, ISBN: 1573225789

[EAN: 9781573225786], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [SC: 3.0], [PU: Riverhead Books, New York], Social Science|Anthropology|Cultural, Social Science|Ethnic Studies|General, Biography & A… Mehr…

[EAN: 9781573225786], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [SC: 3.0], [PU: Riverhead Books, New York], Social Science|Anthropology|Cultural, Social Science|Ethnic Studies|General, Biography & Autobiography|People of Color, Social Science|Ethnic Studies|African-American Studies, Family & Relationships|Interpersonal Relations, Biography & Autobiography|Women, Fiction|General, Social Science|Discrimination & Race Relations, Biography & Autobiography|General, Family & Relationships|Motherhood, Taschenbuch - sehr gut., Books<

1997, ISBN: 1573225789

[EAN: 9781573225786], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Riverhead Trade], Englisches Buch. ---, Books

1997, ISBN: 9781573225786

Paperback, Gebraucht, Size: 83x11x128;, [PU: Riverhead Trade]

1997, ISBN: 9781573225786

Paperback, Gebraucht, Size: 5x0x8;, [PU: Riverhead Trade]