Allen B. Ballard

One More Day's Journey

The Story of a Family and a People

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

One More Day's Journey chronicles the movement of African Americans from South Carolina to Philadelphia during the Great Migration. Alex Haley said, "It is informative and emotionally moving, and I recommend it." Ralph Ellison said, " I recommend it highly to all who would add to their knowledge of American History."

Produktdetails

• Verlag: iUniverse
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. April 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 534g
• ISBN-13: 9780595318025
• ISBN-10: 0595318029
• Artikelnr.: 22202025

Autorenporträt

Allen Ballard, a graduate of Philadelphia's Central High School, Kenyon College, and Harvard University, was formerly a professor of government at City College of New York. He lives in Clifton Park, New York. His previous works on African-American history-including the renown "One More Day's Journey, a history of Black Philadelphia", have been praised by such literary greats as Ralph Ellison, John A. Williams, and Alex Haley. His ¿rst novel-about the very ¿rst African-American troops in the Civil War-"Where I'm Bound", (Simon and Schuster, 2000) won the 'First Novelist' prize of the Black Caucus of the American Library Association, and was named a 'Notable Book of the Year' by the Washington Post. He is also the author of "Breaching Jericho's Walls", an autobiography. "Carried by Six, A Novel of Urban Bravery in America" is the recipient of the 2010 Black Caucus American Literary Award (BCALA) Honorable Mention in Fiction.