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The warmth of other suns : the epic story of America's great migration / Isabel Wilkerson.
In this epic, beautifully written masterwork, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel 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: 9780679444329
- ISBN: 0679444327
- Physical Description: x, 622 pages ; 25 cm
- Publisher: New York : Random House, [2010]
- Copyright: ©2010
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [555]-587) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | PART ONE: In the land of the forefathers. Leaving ; The Great Migration, 1915-1970 PART TWO: Beginnings. Ida Mae Brandon Gladney ; The stirrings of discontent ; George Swanson Starling ; Robert Joseph Pershing Foster ; A burdensome labor ; The Awakening ; Breaking away PART THREE: Exodus. The appointed time of their coming ; Crossing over PART FOUR: The kinder mistress. Chicago ; New York ; Los Angeles ; The things they left behind ; Transplanted in alien soil ; Divisions ; To bend in strange winds ; The other side of Jordan ; Complications ; The river keeps running ; The prodigals ; Disillusionment ; Revolutions ; The fullness of the migration PART FIVE: Aftermath. In the places they left ; Losses ; More North and West than South ; Redemption ; And, perhaps, to bloom ; The winter of their lives ; The emancipation of Ida Mae. |
| Target Audience Note: | 1160L Lexile |
| Awards Note: | National Book Critics Circle Award (General Nonfiction), 2011 |
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| Subject: | African Americans > Migrations > History > 20th century. Migration, Internal > United States > History > 20th century. Rural-urban migration > United States > History > 20th century. |
| Topic Heading: | Literary prizes. |
Available copies
- 43 of 47 copies available at SPARK Libraries.
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- 3 current holds with 47 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Albright Memorial Library | 304.8097 WILKERS (Text) | 50686014361559 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Alexander Hamilton Memorial Free Library | 304 WIL (Text) | 37268003094109 | AHMFL Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - |
| Altoona Area Public Library | 304.80973 WIL 1 (Text) | 33240004250281 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Blossburg Memorial Library | 304.8 WIL (Text) | 30063000196123 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Cambria County Library | 304.8 W681w (Text) | 85131001212613 | CACM Non-Fiction | Available | - |
| Carbondale Public Library | 304.8097 WILKERS (Text) | 50688010774538 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Coplay Public Library | A NF 973.9 WIL (Text) | 31961000156501 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Coudersport Public Library | 304.8097 WIL (Text) | 30183000421030 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Dover Area Community Library | Adults 304.87 WIL Nonfiction (Text) | 34217000523555 | Adult Area | Available | - |
| DuBois Public Library | 304.8 WILKERSON (Text)
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