| You May Plow Here: The Narrative of Sara Brooks Contributor(s): Brooks, Sara (Author), Simonsen, Thordis (Editor), Coles, Robert (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0393308669 ISBN-13: 9780393308662 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $23.75 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 1990 Annotation: "A profoundly poignant yet triumphant book, a recreation by an Alabama-born black of her struggle against racism and poverty while striving for the common dream of Americans. . . . {A} marvelously earthy 'narrative.'. . . Her memoir is the stuff of human pride made memorable in raw, homely vernacular".--Publishers Weekly. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional - General |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 00000000 |
| Physical Information: 0.68" H x 5.51" W x 8.22" (0.64 lbs) 228 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The daughter of a freeholder, Sara Brooks was born in 1911 on her parents' subsistence farm in west Alabama. Here in her own words, she makes us understand what it felt like to be young, black, innocent, and steeped in the ways of a black rural world that has largely been lost to us. |
Contributor Bio(s): Brooks, Sara: - Sara Brooks was the daughter of a freeholder born in 1911 on her parents' subsistence farm in west Alabama.Simonsen, Thordis: - Thordis Simonsen is a writer, visual artist, and speaker who lives in Denver, Colorado, and Elika, Greece.Coles, Robert: - Robert Coles is a child psychiatrist and writer who has spent his life doing documentary work. He lives in Concord, Massachusetts. |