| Description |
xi, 224 pages ; 21 cm. |
| Series |
Great Lakes books series |
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Great Lakes books.
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| Note |
"[Follows] the fictionalized story of author Jean Alicia Elster's maternal grandmother, Dorothy May Jackson." -- back cover. |
| Summary |
Born in Tennessee in 1890, Dorothy May was the middle daughter of Addie Jackson, a married African-American housekeeper at one of the white boardinghouses in town, and Tom Mitchell, a commanding white attorney from a prominent family. We follow Dorothy May's experiences with race relations and class division, both as a child and later as a teacher. Dorothy May, choosing between her career and marriage to a man she barely knows, moves to Detroit. -- adapted from back cover |
| Audience |
Grades 7-9 Wayne State University Press. |
| Subject |
Jackson, Addie -- Fiction.
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Jackson, Dorothy May, 1890- -- Fiction.
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Racially mixed women -- Tennessee -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction.
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African American women -- Tennessee -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction.
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Young adult fiction.
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Tennessee -- Fiction.
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Detroit (Mich.) -- Fiction.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographical fiction.
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| ISBN |
0814348696 (softcover) |
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9780814348697 (softcover) |
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