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| Genre/Form: | Biography |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | Ruth McBride-Jordan; James McBride |
| Material Type: | Biography |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
James McBride |
| ISBN: | 1573220221 9781573220224 |
| OCLC Number: | 33044768 |
| Description: | xiii, 228 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | Dead -- The bicycle -- Kosher -- Black power -- The Old Testament -- The New Testament -- Sam -- Brothers and sisters -- Shul -- School -- Boys -- Daddy -- New York -- Chicken man -- Graduation -- Driving -- Lost in Harlem -- Lost in Delaware -- The promise -- Old man Shilsky -- A bird who flies -- A Jew discovered -- Dennis -- New brown -- Finding Ruthie. |
| Responsibility: | James McBride. |
Abstract:
Who is Ruth McBride Jordan? A self-declared "light-skinned" woman evasive about her ethnicity, yet steadfast in her love for her twelve children. James McBridge, journalist, musician and son, explores his mother's past, as well as his own upbringing and heritage, in a poignant and powerful memoir.
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