| Praying for Sheetrock: A Work of Nonfiction Contributor(s): Greene, Melissa Fay (Author) |
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ISBN: 0306815176 ISBN-13: 9780306815171 Publisher: Da Capo Press OUR PRICE: $17.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2006 Annotation: Finalist for the 1991 National Book Award and a New York Times Notable book, Praying for Sheetrock is the story of McIntosh County, a small, isolated, and lovely place on the flowery coast of Georgia--and a county where, in the 1970s, the white sheriff still wielded all the power, controlling everything and everybody. Somehow the sweeping changes of the civil rights movement managed to bypass McIntosh entirely. It took one uneducated, unemployed black man, Thurnell Alston, to challenge the sheriff and his courthouse gang--and to change the way of life in this community forever. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Social Science | Discrimination & Race Relations |
| Dewey: 305 |
| LCCN: 2009286051 |
| Lexile Measure: 1100 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.4" W x 8.4" (0.80 lbs) 368 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Topical - Black History - Geographic Orientation - Georgia - Cultural Region - South - Chronological Period - 1970's |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Finalist for the 1991 National Book Award and a New York Times Notable book, Praying for Sheetrock is the story of McIntosh County, a small, isolated, and lovely place on the flowery coast of Georgia--and a county where, in the 1970s, the white sheriff still wielded all the power, controlling everything and everybody. Somehow the sweeping changes of the civil rights movement managed to bypass McIntosh entirely. It took one uneducated, unemployed black man, Thurnell Alston, to challenge the sheriff and his courthouse gang--and to change the way of life in this community forever. An inspiring and absorbing account of the struggle for human dignity and racial equality (Coretta Scott King) |