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Author:

Wideman, John Edgar, author.

Title:

Writing to save a life : the Louis Till file / John Edgar Wideman.

Edition:

First Scribner hardcover edition.

Publisher:

Scribner,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

193 pages ; 22 cm

Subject:

Till, Louis,--1922-1945.
Till, Emmett,--1941-1955.
Wideman, John Edgar.
World War, 1939-1945--African Americans--Biography.
African American soldiers--Biography.
United States.--Company, 177th--Transportation Command.--Battalion, 379th.--Company, 177th--Biography.
War crimes--History--20th century.
World War, 1939-1945.
African American men--Social conditions--20th century.
Italy--History--20th century.
Biographies & Memoirs.
History & Culture.
True Crime.
Nonfiction.

Contents:

Louis Till -- The file -- Graves.

Summary:

"In The Louis Till File, John Edgar Wideman searches for Louis Till, a silent victim of American injustice. Wideman's personal interaction with the story began when he learned of Emmetts murder in 1955; Wideman was also fourteen years old. After reading decades later about Louis execution, he couldn't escape the twin tragedies of father and son, and tells their stories together for the first time. Author of the award-winning Brothers and Keepers, Wideman brings extraordinary insight and a haunting intimacy to this devastating story. An amalgam of research, memoir, and imagination, The Louis Till File is completely original in its delivery--an engaging and enlightening conversation between generations, the living and the dead, fathers and sons. Wideman turns seventy-five this year, and he brings the force of his substantial intellect and experience to this beautiful, stirring book, his first nonfiction in fifteen years." -- Baker & Taylor.

ISBN:

1501147285 (hardcover)
9781501147289 (hardcover)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)944380559

LCCN:

2016015604

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

ALPE516 -- Fairfield Public Library (Fairfield)

SCPC074 -- Hudson Public Library (Hudson)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

S1PD771 -- Johnston Public Library (Johnston)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

DAPG173 -- Mason City Public Library (Mason City)

AWPD207 -- Osceola Public Library (Osceola)

GZPE631 -- Pella Public Library (Pella)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)