| We're Heaven Bound! Revised Edition Contributor(s): Coleman, Gregory (Author) |
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ISBN: 0820321125 ISBN-13: 9780820321127 Publisher: University of Georgia Press OUR PRICE: $23.36 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1999 Annotation: More than one million people from all walks of life have been uplifted and entertained by Heaven Bound, the folk drama that follows, through song and verse, the struggles between Satan and a band of pilgrims on their way down the path of glory that leads to the golden gates. Staged annually and without interruption for almost seventy years at Big Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Atlanta, Heaven Bound is perhaps the longest running black theater production. Here, a lifelong member of Big Bethel with many close ties to Heaven Bound recounts its lively history and conveys the enduring power and appeal of an Atlanta tradition that is as much a part of the city as Coca-Cola or Gone with the Wind. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Drama | Religious & Liturgical - Literary Criticism | American - African American - Literary Criticism | Drama |
| Dewey: 246.7 |
| LCCN: 94015273 |
| Physical Information: 0.66" H x 6.8" W x 9.75" (0.97 lbs) 200 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Deep South - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Cultural Region - South - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Geographic Orientation - Georgia - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: More than one million people from all walks of life have been uplifted and entertained by Heaven Bound, the folk drama that follows, through song and verse, the struggles between Satan and a band of pilgrims on their way down the path of glory that leads to the golden gates. Staged annually and without interruption for more than seventy years at Big Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Atlanta, Heaven Bound is perhaps the longest running black theater production. Here, a lifelong member of Big Bethel with many close ties to Heaven Bound recounts its lively history and conveys the enduring power and appeal of an Atlanta tradition that is as much a part of the city as Coca-Cola or Gone with the Wind. |