Bibliograph

Shelter, a black tale of Homeland, Baltimore, Lawrence Jackson

Type

Label

Shelter, a black tale of Homeland, Baltimore, Lawrence Jackson

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-329)

resource.biographical

autobiography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Shelter

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1310788580

Responsibility statement

Lawrence Jackson

Sub title

a black tale of Homeland, Baltimore

Summary

Touching upon such topics as fatherhood, race, and faith, this collection of essays describes the author's struggles in 2016 to make a home in Baltimore, a place that eventually became the foundation for him to explore his personal and spiritual history, as well as the city's untold stories

Table Of Contents

Advent: color storms rising almost to a hurricane -- Christmas: long quarter at River Bend -- Epiphany: Sunday boys -- Lent: appraisement of negroes at the folly, or dinner -- Eostre in Lafayette Square -- White Sunday: "an invasion of African negroes -- Ordinary time: the gentle brushing fescue

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