Standing at the scratch line : a novel / Guy Johnson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Johnson, Guy, 1945-

Contributor:

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1914-1918--Participation, African American--Fiction.

World War, 1914-1918.

African American families--Fiction.

African American families.

African American soldiers--Fiction.

African American soldiers.

African American men--Fiction.

African American men.

Louisiana--Fiction.

Louisiana.

Oklahoma--Fiction.

Oklahoma.

Military participation--African American.

Genre:

Fiction.

Historical fiction.

Novels.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

2 unnumbered pages, x pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 555 pages, 7 unnumbered pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Villard, 2001.

Summary:

This much-praised debut novel by the son of Maya Angelou features a larger-than-life antihero, King Tremain, who does whatever it takes to protect his family and build a dynasty.

Contents:

Book I. LeRoi Bordeaux Tremain

book II. The Saga of Serena and King Tremain

Book III. The Loss of Family.

Notes:

Originally published in hardcover by Random House, Inc., in 1998.

"Strivers Row."

Contains Reading Group Guide (pages [549]-551) and Interview with the Author (pages 553-555).

Continued by: Echoes of a distant summer.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

Banks Collection copy contains Reading Group Guide and Interview with the Author.

ISBN:

0375756671

9780375756672

OCLC:

44592797

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