The warmth of other suns the epic story of America's great migration

Isabel Wilkerson

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<p><b>One of <i>The New York Times Book Review</i>'s 10 Best Books of the Year<br></b><br>In this epic, beautifully written masterwork, Pulitzer Prize--winning author Isabel Wilkerson chronicles one of the great untold stories of American history: the decades-long migration of black citizens who fled the South for northern and western cities, in search of a better life. From 1915 to 1970, this exodus of almost six million people changed the face of America. Wilkerson compares this epic migration to the migrations of other peoples in history. She interviewed more than a thousand people, and gained access to new data and official records, to write this definitive and vividly dramatic account of how these American journeys unfolded, altering our cities, our country, and ourselves.<br><br>With stunning historical detail, Wilkerson tells this story through the lives of three unique individuals: Ida Mae Gladney, who in 1937 left sharecropping and prejudice in Mississippi for Chicago,...

Request Code
ZLIBIO2413530
Published
2014
Publisher
Vintage Books;Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Pages
1
Language
English
Format
EPUB
ISBN-10
0679604073