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The warmth of other suns : the epic story of America's great migration / Isabel Wilkerson.

Wilkerson, Isabel. (Author). Miles, Robin, (narrator.). Brilliance Audio (Firm) (Added Author). Playaway Digital Audio. (Added Author). Findaway World, LLC. (Added Author).

Summary:

Wilkerson chronicles one of the great untold stories of American history: the decades-long migration of black citizens who fled the South for northern and western cities, in search of a better life. From 1915 to 1970, this exodus of almost six million people changed the face of America.

Record details

ISBN: 9781455824588
ISBN: 1455824585
Physical Description: 1 sound media player (approximately 23 hr.) : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
Edition: Unabridged.
Publisher: [Solon, Ohio] : Playaway Digital Audio, [2011]
Distributor: [Solon, Ohio] : [Manufactured and distributed by] Findaway World, LLC
Copyright: ℗2011

Content descriptions

General Note:	Title from Playaway label. "HDAUDIO." Release date supplied by publisher. Previously released by Brilliance Audio, p2011. Issued on Playaway, a dedicated audio media player. One set of earphones and one AAA battery required for playback.
Formatted Contents Note:	PART ONE. In the Land of the Forefathers -- Leaving -- Great Migration, 1915-1970 -- PART TWO. Beginnings -- Ida Mae Brandon Gladney -- Stirrings of Discontent -- George Swanson Starling -- Robert Joseph Pershing Foster -- Burdensome Labor -- Awakening -- Breaking Away -- PART THREE. Exodus -- Appointed Time of Their Coming -- Crossing Over -- PART FOUR. Kinder Mistress -- Chicago -- New York -- Los Angeles -- Things They Left Behind -- Transplanted in Alien Soil -- Divisions -- To Bend in Strange Winds -- Other Side of Jordan -- Complications -- River Keeps Running -- Prodigals -- Disillusionment -- Revolutions -- Fullness of the Migration -- PART FIVE. Aftermath -- In the Places They Left -- Losses -- More North and West Than South -- Redemption -- And, Perhaps, to Bloom -- Winter of Their Lives -- Emancipation of Ida Mae.
Participant or Performer Note:	Performed by Robin Miles.
Awards Note:	National Book Critics Circle Award winner for nonfiction, 2010.