Bibliograph

On a burning deck, an oral history of the great migration., Tom Jones, v. 1

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On a burning deck, an oral history of the great migration., Tom Jones, v. 1

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

On a burning deck

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1040595201

Responsibility statement

Tom Jones

Sub title

an oral history of the great migration.

Summary

Presents edited oral histories that trace the migration of the Haskell and Florence Jones family from rural Kentucky to Akron, Ohio in 1917, to work in the rubber factories

Table Of Contents

Part one-Graves County, Kentucky, 1900. -- Hillbillies -- Origins -- Public education in Kentucky -- Education -- Tobacco -- Work -- Health -- The politician -- Recreation -- Justice -- The social evil -- Migration -- Part two-Akron, Ohio, 1917. -- "Singing soldiers" -- Arrival -- Miller Rubber -- Firestone Tire & Rubber -- Goodyear Tire & Rubber -- Firestone Tire & Rubber II -- Roommates -- World War One -- The Spanish Flu -- Camp Knox -- Return -- Prohibition -- Marriage -- Luck

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