Strivers row : a novel
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Published
New York : HarperCollins, c2006.
Format
Books
Edition
1st ed.
ISBN
0060195835 (acid-free paper)
Physical Desc
x, 550 pages ; 24 cm.
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Plaistow Public Library | FIC BAK | Available in Coop |
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Published
New York : HarperCollins, c2006.
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
ISBN
0060195835 (acid-free paper)
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [539]-547).
Description
The Rev. Jonah Dove is the son of a legendary Harlem minister, and a man troubled in both mind and spirit. He feels himself unworthy and incapable of taking up the burden of running his church from the larger-than-life figure who is his father. He is haunted both by his own, shameful history of "passing" as a white man in college, and by the prospects for his people in the harsh, new, racist age he fears the world is entering. Malcolm Little -- better known as Malcom X -- is a teenage hustler from Lansing, Michigan by way of Boston, a young man on the make, trying always to be something bigger, tougher, savvier, and more confident than he really is.
On his way to New York, Malcolm happens to come to the rescue of Jonah and his wife, Amanda, when they are attacked by some drunken soldiers on the train. From then on, their paths cross repeatedly as they each go about trying to find what they really want out of the roiling, wartime city, until the moment when Harlem finally erupts around them, as a people driven beyond endurance strikes out blindly at all the forces keeping it entrapped in misery and hopelessness. Stranded on the streets of a rioting city, Jonah and Malcolm meet each other once more, as they come to grips with what they are and what the future will hold for them.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Baker, K. (2006). Strivers row: a novel . HarperCollins.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Baker, Kevin, 1958-. 2006. Strivers Row: A Novel. HarperCollins.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Baker, Kevin, 1958-. Strivers Row: A Novel HarperCollins, 2006.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Baker, Kevin. Strivers Row: A Novel HarperCollins, 2006.
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