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Fresh Water from Old Wells
Cindy Henry McMahon
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Description for Fresh Water from Old Wells
Paperback. Cindy Henry McMahon's family history is a slide show of the turbulent South. This memoir weaves together the regional and national events of the volatile 1960s and 70s, her family's tumultuous Southern saga, and the stories of her own quest, which finally allows her to unclench her fist and release years of resentment and anger. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
Cindy Henry McMahon’s family history is a slide show of the turbulent South: a thwarted lynch mob on a Georgia preacher’s front porch; the integration of Mercer University and Macon, Georgia’s Vineville Baptist Church; Birmingham, 1963; Martin Luther King, Jr.’s march to Selma; Koinonia Farm and the germination of Habitat for Humanity; inner-city activism and counter-culture communities in the woods.
After a lifetime of hearing these stories but never fully understanding them, McMahon set out with a map and tape recorder to learn three things: (1) how the Civil Rights Movement and its aftermath shaped—or misshaped—her father; (2) how ... Read more
Cindy Henry McMahon’s family history is a slide show of the turbulent South: a thwarted lynch mob on a Georgia preacher’s front porch; the integration of Mercer University and Macon, Georgia’s Vineville Baptist Church; Birmingham, 1963; Martin Luther King, Jr.’s march to Selma; Koinonia Farm and the germination of Habitat for Humanity; inner-city activism and counter-culture communities in the woods.
After a lifetime of hearing these stories but never fully understanding them, McMahon set out with a map and tape recorder to learn three things: (1) how the Civil Rights Movement and its aftermath shaped—or misshaped—her father; (2) how ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Mercer University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Georgia, United States
ISBN
9780881465266
SKU
V9780881465266
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About Cindy Henry McMahon
Unplanned youngest daughter of activist hippies in the turbulent South, Cindy Henry McMahon survived family violence, fire, flood, poisonous mushrooms, and an ice-cold outhouse. She now lives a decidedly normal life in Asheville, North Carolina, USA.
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