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Maggie's American dream : the life and times of a Black family / by James P. Comer, M.D. ; with a foreword by Charlayne Hunter-Gault.

Van Pelt Library E185.97.C68 C66 1988
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Comer, James P.
Contributor:
Hunter-Gault, Charlayne, writer of foreword.
Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Comer, Maggie, 1904-1992.
Comer, Maggie.
Comer, James P--Family.
Comer, James P.
African Americans--Biography.
African Americans.
African American families.
Families.
Genre:
Biographies.
Penn Provenance:
Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)
Physical Description:
xxiv pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 228 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 8 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm
Place of Publication:
New York, N.Y. : New American Library, 1988.
Contents:
Part I: Mom / the oral history of Maggie L. Comer as told to James P. Comer
Part II: My Turn / an autobiography by James P. Comer
Part III: All Our Children
Postscript: Maggie's American Dream.
Notes:
"NAL books."
"Designed by Leonard Telesca."
"First Printing, November, 1988."
Local Notes:
Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.
Banks Collection copy: dustjacket retained.
ISBN:
0453005888 :
OCLC:
17981109

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