Somerset homecoming : recovering a lost heritage / Dorothy Spruill Redford with Michael D'Orso ; introduction by Alex Haley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Redford, Dorothy Spruill.

D'Orso, Michael, author.

Contributor:

Haley, Alex, writer of introduction.

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Redford, Dorothy Spruill.

African Americans--North Carolina--History.

African Americans.

Slavery--North Carolina--History.

Slavery.

Family reunions--North Carolina--Wahington County.

Family reunions.

African American families.

African Americans--Genealogy.

History.

Somerset Place (N.C.)--History.

Somerset Place (N.C.).

North Carolina--Genealogy.

North Carolina.

Genre:

Genealogy.

Family histories.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (inscription) (Banks Collection copy)

Redford, Dorothy Spruill (autograph) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xviii pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 266 pages, 2 unnumbered pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 24 cm

Edition:

First Edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Doubleday, 1988.

Contents:

Beginnings

"Over de River"

The Road Home

The Arrival

Voices from the Past

Connecting

Somerset Homecoming

Epilogue.

Notes:

"Front jacket photograph by William Tiernan. Jacket design by Michael Flanagan."

Littlejohn Family Line printed on front and back lining papers.

"Endpapers and maps: Michael Flanagan."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-266).

A Book-of-the-Month Club Selection.

Local Notes:

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

Banks Collection copy: dustjacket retained.

Banks Collection copy inscribed "To Joanna Banks - "Keep-on preserving the genius of our people"- Dorothy Spruill Redford 8/20/89".

Banks Collection copy as advertising leaflet for Somerset Place and membership form laid in.

ISBN:

038524245X :

OCLC:

17296723