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853586
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Can anything beat white? : : a Black family's letters /\ [edited by] Elisabeth Petry.
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| Edition Statement
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1st ed.
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| Publication Statement
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Jackson :: University Press of Mississippi,, 2005.
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| Series Statement
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Margaret Walker Alexander series in African American studies
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1 online resource (xxx, 190 pages)
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| ISBN
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1282917366
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: 1617030686
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: 9781282917361
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: 9781617030680
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1578067855
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9781578067855
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| Contents
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Surviving the patterrollers -- The surrogate mother -- The wanderer -- Consumed by life -- Getting along swimmingly -- Setting the stage -- Writing for posterity from Hawaii -- Challenges at Atlanta University -- A lark a flyin' -- Achieving a dream.
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| Abstract
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Ann Petry (1908-1997) achieved prominence during a period in which few black women were published with regularity in America. Her novels, along with various short stories and non-fiction, poignantly described the struggles and triumphs of middle-class blacks living in primarily white communities. Petry's ancestors, the James family, served as inspiration for much of her fiction. This collection of more than four hundred family letters, edited by Petry's daughter, is an engaging portrait of black family life from the 1890s to the early twentieth century.
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Petry, Ann,1908-1997-- Family.
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Petry, Ann,1908-1997-- Famille
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Petry, Ann Lane.
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Petry, Ann,1908-1997
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James family
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James (Famille)
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James family
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African American families-- History, Sources.
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African American novelists-- Family relationships.
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African Americans, Correspondence.
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Novelists, American-- 20th century-- Family relationships.
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Familles noires américaines-- Histoire, Sources
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Noirs américains, Correspondance
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Romanciers américains-- 20e siècle-- Relations familiales
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Romanciers noirs américains-- Relations familiales
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African American families
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African Americans
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Ahnen
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BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY-- General.
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Families
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LITERARY COLLECTIONS-- Letters.
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LITERARY CRITICISM-- American-- General.
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Novelists, American-- Family relationships
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| Dewey Classification
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813/.54
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| LC Classification
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PS3531.E933Z55 2005eb
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| Added Entry
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Petry, Elisabeth.
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