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Product Identifiers
PublisherRandom House Publishing Group
ISBN-100375756671
ISBN-139780375756672
eBay Product ID (ePID)1739100
Product Key Features
Book TitleStanding at the Scratch Line : a Novel
Number of Pages555 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2001
TopicSagas, African American / General, Family Life, Historical
IllustratorYes
GenreFiction
AuthorGuy Johnson
Book SeriesStrivers Row Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.5 in
Item Weight16.6 Oz
Item Length7.8 in
Item Width5.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN00-043641
Dewey Edition21
Reviews"Eminently readable."-Entertainment Weekly "Tremain has the qualifications to be one of literature's most versatile heroes."-The Wall Street Journal "An exuberant novel about dreaming big dreams and honoring black heroes. A page turner full of pride, energy and passionate people."-Black Issues Book Review, "Eminently readable."--Entertainment Weekly "Tremain has the qualifications to be one of literature's most versatile heroes."--The Wall Street Journal "An exuberant novel about dreaming big dreams and honoring black heroes. A page turner full of pride, energy and passionate people."--Black Issues Book Review
Dewey Decimal813/.54
SynopsisAn exuberant novel about dreaming big dreams and,honouring black heroes. A page turner full of,pride, energy and passionate people - Black,Issues Book Review,A big, good-hearted book, carried along all,but effortlessly by the power of the images it has,tapped into and by Guy Johnson's remarkably adroit,writing - the Washington Post,The excellently received debut novel by the son of,writer Maya Angelou, this is a sweeping saga that,takes in much of the history of black people in,America in the first decades of the 20th century., An exuberant novel about dreaming big dreams and honouring black heroes. A page turner full of pride, energy and passionate people' - Black Issues Book Review 'A big, good-hearted book, carried along all but effortlessly by the power of the images it has tapped into and by Guy Johnson's remarkably adroit writing' - The Washington Post The excellently received debut novel by the son of writer Maya Angelou, this is a sweeping saga that takes in much of the history of black people in America in the first decades of the 20th century.', Raised in the steamy bayous of New Orleans in the early 1900s, LeRoi "King" Tremain, caught up in his family's ongoing feud with the rival DuMont family, learns to fight. But when the teenage King mistakenly kills two white deputies during a botched raid on the DuMonts, the Tremains' fear of reprisal forces King to flee Louisiana. King thus embarks on an adventure that first takes him to France, where he fights in World War I as a member of the segregated 369th Battalion--in the bigoted army he finds himself locked in combat with American soldiers as well as with Germans. When he returns to America, he battles the Mob in Jazz Age Harlem, the KKK in Louisiana, and crooked politicians trying to destroy a black township in Oklahoma. King Tremain is driven by two principal forces: He wants to be treated with respect, and he wants to create a family dynasty much like the one he left behind in Louisiana. This is a stunning debut by novelist Guy Johnson that provides a true depiction of the lives of African-Americans in the early decades of the twentieth century.
LC Classification NumberPS3560.O3778S73 2001
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- Sep 27, 2021
A must read
This book is a page turner. Very well written. It was hard to put it downVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
