LEADER 03160nam 2200673 a 450 001 9910459638703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-91736-6 010 $a9786612917363 010 $a1-61703-068-6 035 $a(CKB)2670000000061794 035 $a(EBL)619200 035 $a(OCoLC)693762035 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000434079 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11328242 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000434079 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10395055 035 $a(PQKB)10390100 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000206574 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC619200 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse13597 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL619200 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10432101 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000061794 100 $a20050224d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aCan anything beat white?$b[electronic resource] $ea Black family's letters /$f[edited by] Elisabeth Petry 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aJackson $cUniversity Press of Mississippi$d2005 215 $a1 online resource (229 p.) 225 1 $aMargaret Walker Alexander Series in African American Studies 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-57806-785-5 327 $aContents; 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; Postscript 330 $aAnn Petry (1908-1997) achieved prominence during a period in which few black women were published with regularity in America. Her novels Country Place (1947) and The Narrows (1988), along with various short stories and nonfiction, poignantly described the struggles and triumphs of middle-class blacks living in primarily white communities. Petry's ancestors, the James family, served as in-spiration for much of her fiction. This collection of more than four hundred family letters, edited by the daughter of Ann Petry, is an engaging portrait of black family life from the 1890's to the early twenti 410 0$aMargaret Walker Alexander Series in African American Studies 606 $aNovelists, American$y20th century$xFamily relationships 606 $aAfrican American novelists$xFamily relationships 606 $aAfrican American families$xHistory$vSources 606 $aAfrican Americans$vCorrespondence 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aNovelists, American$xFamily relationships. 615 0$aAfrican American novelists$xFamily relationships. 615 0$aAfrican American families$xHistory 615 0$aAfrican Americans 676 $a813/.54 676 $aB 701 $aPetry$b Elisabeth$0879210 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910459638703321 996 $aCan anything beat white$91963456 997 $aUNINA