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The book of Harlan / by Bernice L. McFadden.
Van Pelt Library PS3563.C3622 B66 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McFadden, Bernice L., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Buchenwald (Concentration camp)--Fiction.
- Buchenwald (Concentration camp).
- African American families--Fiction.
- African American families.
- African Americans.
- France.
- Musicians--Fiction.
- Musicians.
- Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--Fiction.
- Harlem (New York, N.Y.).
- African Americans--France--Fiction.
- France--History--German occupation, 1940-1945--Fiction.
- History.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Fiction.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).
- New York (State)--New York--Harlem.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Historical fiction.
- Penn Provenance:
- Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 341 pages, 11 unnumbered pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- [Brooklyn, New York] : Akashic Books, [2016]
- Summary:
- During World War II, two African American musicians, Harlan and Lizard, are captured by the Nazis in Paris and imprisoned at Buchenwald concentration camp which changes the course of Harlan's life.-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Part I. Macon, Georgia
- Part II. He is Born
- Part III. Harlem
- Part IV. Coming to America
- Part V. The World's Fair
- Part VI. The Future has a Past
- Part VII. Montmartre
- Part VIII. The Bitch of Buchenwald
- Part IX. Home
- Part X. The Summer of Love
- Part XI. A Murder in Brooklyn
- Part XII. Emancipation Day.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- New York Times book Review Editors' Choice.
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Image Awards Outstanding Literary Work - Fiction, Winner, 2017
- American Book Awards, Winner, 2017
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.
- Banks Collection copy has two discussion guides laid in.
- ISBN:
- 1617754455
- 9781617754456
- 9781617754463
- 1617754463
- OCLC:
- 923553504
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