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Author:

Sharfstein, Daniel J.

Title:

The invisible line : three American families and the secret journey from Black to white / Daniel J. Sharfstein.

Publisher:

Penguin Press,

Copyright Date:

2011

Description:

x, 396 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Racially mixed people--Race identity--United States--Case studies.
Miscegenation--Social aspects--United States--Case studies.
Passing (Identity)--United States--Case studies.
Race--Social aspects--United States--Case studies.
Race awareness--United States--Case studies.
United States--Race relations--Case studies.
Gibson family.
Spencer family.
Walls family.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Gibson : Mars Bluff, South Carolina, 1768 -- Wall : Rockingham, North Carolina, 1838 -- Spencer : Clay County, Kentucky, 1848 -- Gibson : New Haven, Connecticut, 1850-55 -- Spencer : Jordan Gap, Johnson County Kentucky, 1855 -- Wall : Oberlin, Ohio, September 1858, -- Civil War : Wall, Gibson, and Spencer, 1859-63 -- Civil War : Wall & Gibson, 1863-66 -- Gibson : Mississippi, New Orleans, and New York, 1866-68 -- Wall : Washington, D.C., June 14, 1871 -- Spencer : Jordan Gap, Johnson County, Kentucky, 1870s -- Gibson : Washington, D.C., 1878 -- Wall : Washington, D.C., January 21, 1880 -- Gibson : Washington, D.C., New Orleans, and Hot Springs, Arkansas, 1888-92 -- Wall : Washington, D.C., 1890-91 -- Spencer : Jordan Gap, Johnson County, Kentucky,ca. 1900 -- Wall : Washington, D.C., 1909 -- Spencer : Home Creek, Buchanan County, Virginia 1912 -- Gibson : Paris and Chicago, 1931-33 -- Wall : Freeport, Long Island, 1946.

ISBN:

1594202826
9781594202827

OCLC:

(OCoLC)650210744

LCCN:

2010029647

Locations:

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

WZPC325 -- Armstrong Public Library (Armstrong)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

ETPD745 -- Emmetsburg Public Library (Emmetsburg)

N4AX745 -- Iowa Lakes Community College Library - Emmetsburg (Emmetsburg)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

YCPD572 -- Hiawatha Public Library (Hiawatha)

MGPD463 -- Humboldt Public Library (Humboldt)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

AXPF626 -- Oskaloosa Public Library (Oskaloosa)

BGPE251 -- Perry Public Library (Perry)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)

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