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25%OFFAdele V. Holden - Down on the Shore: The Family and Place That Forged a Poet's Voice - 9780870335471 - V9780870335471
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Down on the Shore: The Family and Place That Forged a Poet's Voice

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Description for Down on the Shore: The Family and Place That Forged a Poet's Voice Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 20 b/w photos. BIC Classification: BG; DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 406.
Poet and former teacher Adele Holden, born shortly after the end of World War I, grew up in the segregated world of Maryland’s Eastern Shore. Set during the 1930s, Down on the Shore portrays the truth about a people, place, and time. It reveals the reality of a lifestyle meted out and rigidly enforced by Shore whites—a way of life both humane and cruel. It recalls battles to fulfill goals instilled by parents who saw education as their children’s only chance in a segregated country. Mixed with the hard times are joyful Christmases, celebrated births, peaceful Sunday afternoons, graduation ceremonies, ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Tidewater Pub
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780870335471
SKU
V9780870335471
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