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Author:

Tye, Larry.

Title:

Rising from the rails : Pullman porters and the making of the Black middle class / Larry Tye.

Edition:

First Owl Books ed.

Publisher:

Henry Holt and Company,

Copyright Date:

2005, c2004

Description:

xvii, 314 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters--History.
Pullman porters--United States--History.
African Americans--Social conditions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-294) and index.

Contents:

Preface -- 1. Out of bondage, all aboard -- 2. Rough rides, intimate encounters -- 3. My name's not George -- 4. Saint Philip and the battle for brotherhood -- 5. Behind the mask -- 6. Train to freedom -- 7. A legacy that lasts -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index.

ISBN:

9780805078503 (pbk.)
0805078509 (pbk.)

Locations:

BBPC251 -- Roy R. Estle Memorial Library (Dallas Center)