Passing Strange: A Gilded Age Tale of Love and Deception Across the Color Line
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- Synopsis
- "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.
- Copyright:
- 2009
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 370 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781594202001
- Publisher:
- Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
- Date of Addition:
- 06/22/11
- Copyrighted By:
- Martha A. Sandweiss
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Science, Biographies and Memoirs, Technology, Psychology, Social Studies, Sociology
- Submitted By:
- Kari G
- Proofread By:
- Jessica Woods
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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