The House of Joshua Meditations on Family and Place |
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| Author:
| Fullilove, Mindy Thompson |
| Series title: | Texts and Contexts Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8032-6906-4 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2002 |
| Publisher: | University of Nebraska Press
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| Imprint: | Bison Books |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $16.95 |
Book Description:
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Mindy Thompson Fullilove offers a series of meditations on her remarkable family and the places where they have lived. She lovingly recalls her parents: her father, a black leader of the labor movement, and her mother, a white woman whose boundless generosity was always in conflict with the racial divisions of the world around her. "Place" is a major actor in her family story, and in the course of bringing the backgrounds of six generations into the foreground, Fullilove uncovers...
More DescriptionMindy Thompson Fullilove offers a series of meditations on her remarkable family and the places where they have lived. She lovingly recalls her parents: her father, a black leader of the labor movement, and her mother, a white woman whose boundless generosity was always in conflict with the racial divisions of the world around her. "Place" is a major actor in her family story, and in the course of bringing the backgrounds of six generations into the foreground, Fullilove uncovers the many lives--her own included--that are rooted in those places.