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When they blew the levee : politics, race, and community in Pinhook, Missouri / David Todd Lawrence and Elaine J. Lawless.
Van Pelt Library E185.915 .L39 2018
Available
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lawrence, David Todd, 1972- author.
- Lawless, Elaine J., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Disaster victims.
- African Americans--Land tenure.
- History.
- African Americans.
- Social conditions.
- United States--History.
- United States.
- Pinhook (Mo.)--Race relations.
- Pinhook (Mo.).
- Pinhook (Mo.)--Politics and government.
- Pinhook (Mo.)--History.
- African Americans--Missouri--History.
- African Americans--Missouri--Social conditions.
- African Americans--Land tenure--Missouri--History.
- Disaster victims--Missouri--Personal narratives.
- Floods--Mississippi River.
- Floods.
- Mississippi River.
- Levees--Mississippi River.
- Levees.
- Missouri.
- Genre:
- Personal narratives.
- Physical Description:
- xxii, 195 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2018]
- Contents:
- Origin stories of Pinhook
- Living in Pinhook
- Debra steps up to save Pinhook
- Pinhook day, homecoming
- When they broke the levee
- Why home means so much
- Conclusion: the power of hope through community.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Lawrence, David Todd, 1972- When they blew the levee.
- ISBN:
- 9781496817730
- 1496817737
- 9781496818157
- 1496818156
- OCLC:
- 1011229362
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