My Confederate Kinfolk: A Twenty-First Century Freedwoman Discovers Her Roots
by Thulani Davis
Publication Date: Jan 02, 2007
List Price: $15.00
Format: Paperback, 352 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9780465015740
Imprint: Basic Civitas Books
Publisher: Perseus Books
Parent Company: Lagardère Group
Paperback Description:
Starting from a photograph and writings left by her grandmother, acclaimed African-American novelist Thulani Davis goes looking for the ?white folk” in her family, a Scots-Irish family of cotton planters unknown to her-and uncovers a history far richer and stranger than she had ever imagined. Her journey challenges us to examine the origins of some of our most deeply ingrained notions about what makes a family black or white, and offers an immensely compelling, intellectually challenging alternative.
Starting from a photograph and writings left by her grandmother, acclaimed African-American novelist Thulani Davis goes looking for the ?white folk” in her family, a Scots-Irish family of cotton planters unknown to her-and uncovers a history far richer and stranger than she had ever imagined. Her journey challenges us to examine the origins of some of our most deeply ingrained notions about what makes a family black or white, and offers an immensely compelling, intellectually challenging alternative.
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