num_pages: 335
description: Finalist for the 1991 National Book Award and a New York Times Notable book, Praying for Sheetrock is the story of McIntosh County, a small, isolated, and lovely place on the flowery coast of Georgia--and a county where, in the 1970s, the white sheriff still wielded all the power, controlling everything and everybody. Somehow the sweeping changes of the civil rights movement managed to bypass McIntosh entirely. It took one uneducated, unemployed black man, Thurnell Alston, to challenge the sheriff and his courthouse gang--and to change the way of life in this community forever. "An inspiring and absorbing account of the struggle for human dignity and racial equality" (Coretta Scott King)
language: English
title: Praying for Sheetrock: A Work of Nonfiction
titlecomplete: Praying for Sheetrock: A Work of Nonfiction
genres: Historical, History, Adult, Southern, Race, American History, Social Issues, African American, Memoir, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 1472
awards: awardedAt: 694252800000
name: Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, awardedAt: 662716800000
name: Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize
category: Nonfiction, awardedAt: 662716800000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: General Nonfiction, awardedAt: 694252800000
name: Ohioana Book Award
category: Nonfiction, awardedAt: 662716800000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Nonfiction, awardedAt: 694252800000
name: Lillian Smith Book Award
publisher: Da Capo Press