| Epic Peters, Pullman Porter Contributor(s): Cohen, Octavius Roy (Author), Grubb, Alan (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0983533946 ISBN-13: 9780983533948 Publisher: Clemson University Press OUR PRICE: $22.46 Product Type: Paperback Published: July 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Southern |
| Physical Information: 0.35" H x 6" W x 9" (0.51 lbs) 152 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - South |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Octavus Roy Cohen (June 26, 1891-January 6, 1959) was born in Charleston, South Carolina, the son of Octavus Cohen, a lawyer and newspaper editor, and Rebecca Ottolengui. The Cohens were an old and distinguished Jewish family, very much a part of Charleston's literary society. While Epic Peters, Pullman Porter covers well the black porter of the 1920s, Cohen conveys an intimate knowledge of passenger service on the busy main line of the Southern Railway between Birmingham, Atlanta, Charlotte, Washington and New York City. Cohen's work is the next-best-thing to having an oral history of a Pullman porter during the hey-day of intercity train travel, a time when the Pullman Company was one of the largest employers of African-Americans. Epic Peters wonderfully encapsulates virtually everything that was once the life of a Pullman porter. |