How the word is passed : a reckoning with the history of slavery across America / Clint Smith.
'How the Word is Passed' is Clint Smith's revealing, contemporary portrait of America as a slave owning nation. Beginning in his own hometown of New Orleans, Smith leads the reader through an unforgettable tour of monuments and landmarks - those that are honest about the past and those that are not - that offer an intergenerational story of how slavery has been central in shaping our nations collective history, and ourselves.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780316492935
- ISBN: 0316492930
- Physical Description: xiii, 336 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2021.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | "The whole city is a memorial to slavery:" prologue -- "There's a difference between history and nostalgia:" Monticello Plantation -- "An open book, up under the sky:" The Whitney Plantation -- "I can't change what happened here:" Angola Prison -- "I don't know if it's true or not, but I like it:" Blandford Cemetery -- "Our Independence Day:" Galveston Island -- "We were the good guys, right?" New York City -- "One slave is too much:" Goree Island -- "I lived it:" epilogue -- About this project. |
Awards Note: | A Junior Library Guild Selection. |
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Genre: | Instructional and educational works. |
Available copies
- 2 of 2 copies available at Lehigh Valley Library System.
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- 1 current hold with 2 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Bethlehem Main Library | 973.049 (Text) | 33062009456899 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Easton Main Library | 306.3 S644h (Text) | 31901004518454 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |