The Sweet Hell Inside: The Rise of an Elite Black Family in the Segregated South (National Book Award Winner)

Edward Ball

ISBN 10: 0060505907 / ISBN 13: 9780060505905

Editore: William Morrow Paperbacks, 2002

Codice articolo 0060505907-4-34769833

Riassunto:

From National Book Award winner Edward Ball comes The Sweet Hell Inside, the story of the fascinating Harleston family of South Carolina, the progeny of a Southern gentleman and his slave, who cast off their blemished roots and prospered despite racial barriers. Enhanced by recollections from the family's archivist, eighty-four-year-old Edwina Harleston Whitlock -- whose bloodline the author shares. The Sweet Hell Inside features a celebrated portrait artist whose subjects included industrialist Pierre du Pont; a black classical composer in the Lost Generation of 1920s Paris; and an orphanage founder who created the famous Jenkins Orphanage Band, a definitive force in the development of ragtime and jazz.

With evocative and engrossing storytelling, Edward Ball introduces a cast of historical characters rarely seen before: cultured, vain, imperfect, rich, and black -- a family of eccentrics who defied social convention and flourished.

Informazioni sull'autore:

Edward Ball was born in Georgia, raised in the South, and worked in New York as an art critic. His first book, Slaves in the Family, told the story of his search for the descendants of his ancestors' slaves. He lives in Charleston, South Carolina, with his wife, Elizabeth.

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Titolo: The Sweet Hell Inside: The Rise of an Elite ...
Casa editrice: William Morrow Paperbacks
Data di pubblicazione: 2002
Legatura: paperback
Condizione: Fair