03160nam 2200673 a 450 991045963870332120200520144314.01-282-91736-697866129173631-61703-068-6(CKB)2670000000061794(EBL)619200(OCoLC)693762035(SSID)ssj0000434079(PQKBManifestationID)11328242(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000434079(PQKBWorkID)10395055(PQKB)10390100(StDuBDS)EDZ0000206574(MiAaPQ)EBC619200(MdBmJHUP)muse13597(Au-PeEL)EBL619200(CaPaEBR)ebr10432101(EXLCZ)99267000000006179420050224d2005 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrCan anything beat white?[electronic resource] a Black family's letters /[edited by] Elisabeth Petry1st ed.Jackson University Press of Mississippi20051 online resource (229 p.)Margaret Walker Alexander Series in African American StudiesDescription based upon print version of record.1-57806-785-5 Contents; Introduction; Acknowledgments; Prologue; Chapter 1. Surviving the Patterrollers; Chapter 2. The Surrogate Mother; Chapter 3. The Wanderer; Chapter 4. Consumed by Life; Chapter 5. Getting Along Swimmingly; Chapter 6. Setting the Stage; Chapter 7. Writing for Posterity from Hawaii; Chapter 8. Challenges at Atlanta University; Chapter 9. A Lark a Flyin'; Chapter 10. Achieving a Dream; PostscriptAnn Petry (1908-1997) achieved prominence during a period in which few black women were published with regularity in America. Her novels Country Place (1947) and The Narrows (1988), along with various short stories and nonfiction, poignantly described the struggles and triumphs of middle-class blacks living in primarily white communities. Petry's ancestors, the James family, served as in-spiration for much of her fiction. This collection of more than four hundred family letters, edited by the daughter of Ann Petry, is an engaging portrait of black family life from the 1890's to the early twentiMargaret Walker Alexander Series in African American StudiesNovelists, American20th centuryFamily relationshipsAfrican American novelistsFamily relationshipsAfrican American familiesHistorySourcesAfrican AmericansCorrespondenceElectronic books.Novelists, AmericanFamily relationships.African American novelistsFamily relationships.African American familiesHistoryAfrican Americans813/.54BPetry Elisabeth879210MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910459638703321Can anything beat white1963456UNINA