Passing strange : a Gilded Age tale of love and deception across the color line
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Published
New York : Penguin Press, 2009.
ISBN
9781594202001, 1594202001, 014311686x, 9780143116868
Status
Indian Prairie Public Library District - 1st Floor
BIOGRAPHY KING CLARENCE
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Subjects
LC Subjects
African American women -- Biography.
African Americans -- Race identity -- Case studies.
African Americans -- Race identity.
Biographies.
Case studies.
Deception -- United States -- Case studies.
Deception -- United States.
King, Ada, -- 1860-1964.
King, Clarence, -- 1842-1901 -- Marriage.
King, Clarence, -- 1842-1901.
Married people -- United States -- Case studies.
Married people -- United States.
New York (N.Y.) -- Biography.
Passing (Identity) -- United States -- Case studies.
Passing (Identity) -- United States.
United States -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century.
African Americans -- Race identity -- Case studies.
African Americans -- Race identity.
Biographies.
Case studies.
Deception -- United States -- Case studies.
Deception -- United States.
King, Ada, -- 1860-1964.
King, Clarence, -- 1842-1901 -- Marriage.
King, Clarence, -- 1842-1901.
Married people -- United States -- Case studies.
Married people -- United States.
New York (N.Y.) -- Biography.
Passing (Identity) -- United States -- Case studies.
Passing (Identity) -- United States.
United States -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century.
More Details
Published
New York : Penguin Press, 2009.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
370 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9781594202001, 1594202001, 014311686x, 9780143116868
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [313]-358) and index.
Description
"Passing Strange" is a uniquely American biography of Clarence King, who hid a secret from his Gilded Age cohorts and prominent family: for 13 years he lived a double life--as the celebrated white explorer, geologist, and writer King and as a black Pullman porter and steelworker named James Todd.
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Sandweiss, M. A. (2009). Passing strange: a Gilded Age tale of love and deception across the color line . Penguin Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Sandweiss, Martha A. 2009. Passing Strange: A Gilded Age Tale of Love and Deception Across the Color Line. Penguin Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Sandweiss, Martha A. Passing Strange: A Gilded Age Tale of Love and Deception Across the Color Line Penguin Press, 2009.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Sandweiss, Martha A. Passing Strange: A Gilded Age Tale of Love and Deception Across the Color Line Penguin Press, 2009.
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