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How the word is passed : a reckoning with the history of slavery across America / Clint Smith.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780316492935
- ISBN: 0316492930
- ISBN: 9780316492928
- Physical Description: xiii, 336 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2021.
- Copyright: ©2021
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | "The whole city is a memorial to slavery:" prologue -- "There's a difference between history and nostalgia:" Monticello Plantation -- "An open book, up under the sky:" The Whitney Plantation -- "I can't change what happened here:" Angola Prison -- "I don't know if it's true or not, but I like it:" Blandford Cemetery -- "Our Independence Day:" Galveston Island -- "We were the good guys, right?" New York City -- "One slave is too much:" Gorée Island -- "I lived it:" epilogue -- About this project. |
| Summary, etc.: | 'How the Word is Passed' is Clint Smith's revealing, contemporary portrait of America as a slave owning nation. Beginning in his own hometown of New Orleans, Smith leads the reader through an unforgettable tour of monuments and landmarks - those that are honest about the past and those that are not - that offer an intergenerational story of how slavery has been central in shaping our nations collective history, and ourselves. |
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| Genre: | Instructional and educational works. |
Available copies
- 51 of 54 copies available at Bibliomation.
- 1 of 1 copy available at Kent Memorial Library - Suffield. (Show preferred library)
Holds
- 0 current holds with 54 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kent Memorial Library - Suffield | 973.04 S (Text) | 32518147383437 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Beekley Community Library - New Hartford | 973 .049 SMITH, C. (Text) | 32544072736944 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Bethel Public Library | 973.0496 SMI (Text) | 34030148196733 | Adult Nonfiction | Checked out | 04/20/2024 |
| Black Rock Branch - Bridgeport | 306.362 SMITH (Text) | 34000151221132 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Black Rock Branch - Bridgeport | 306.362 SMITH (Text) | 34000151505773 | Adult New Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Booth & Dimock Library - Coventry | ANF 973.049 SMI (Text) | 33260000510033 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Brookfield Library | 973.0496/SMITH (Text) | 34029149131145 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Burroughs-Saden Main - Bridgeport | 306.362 SMITH (Text) | 34000151221140 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| C.H. Booth Library - Newtown | 973.0496 SMI (Text) | 34014150099738 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Canterbury Public Library | 973.04 SMITH (Text) | 33190153991534 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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