How the word is passed [large print] : a reckoning with the history of slavery across America / Clint Smith.
'How the Word is Passed' is Clint Smith's revealing, contemporary portrait of America as a slave owning nation. Beginning in his own hometown of New Orleans, Smith leads the reader through an unforgettable tour of monuments and landmarks - those that are honest about the past and those that are not - that offer an intergenerational story of how slavery has been central in shaping our nations collective history, and ourselves.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780316278744
- ISBN: 0316278742
- Physical Description: xiv, 480 pages (large print) ; 25 cm
- Edition: Large print edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Little, Brown and Company, 2021.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 451-480) |
| Formatted Contents Note: | "The whole city is a memorial to slavery:" prologue -- "There's a difference between history and nostalgia:" Monticello Plantation -- "An open book, up under the sky:" The Whitney Plantation -- "I can't change what happened here:" Angola Prison -- "I don't know if it's true or not, but I like it:" Blandford Cemetery -- "Our Independence Day:" Galveston Island -- "We were the good guys, right?" New York City -- "One slave is too much:" Gorée Island -- "I lived it:" epilogue -- About this project. |
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- 6 of 6 copies available at NC Cardinal.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Statesville Main Library | L.P. 306.362097 SMI (Text) | 33114018427534 | Adult Large Print Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Columbus Library | LP 306.362 SMI (Text) | 31250200078102 | Adult Large Print Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Cumberland Headquarters | LP 306.362 S (Text) | 31781068459211 | Adult Large Print Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Enka-Candler Library | LP 306.3620973 SMI (Text) | 0020512956028 | Adult Large Print Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Oakley/South Asheville Library | LP 306.3620973 SMI (Text) | 0020512956036 | Adult Large Print Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Pack Memorial Library | LP 306.3620973 SMI (Text) | 0020512882547 | Adult Large Print Nonfiction | Available | - |
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