The last sleigh ride
Subtitle: a Detroit folk history
By: Robert K. Jones
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Burning Viper Books
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Oak Park, Mich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 159
ISBN-13: 9780615397641
Subjects: Social conditions; Race relations; African Americans; History
Description: "Twenty-six powerful vignettes introduce twenty-six longer, illustrated stories in the riveting, Depression-era folk history. With war, race, sex and poverty as backdrops, the writer explores the life and times of an isolated black community in northwest Detroit during the years of 1937 to 1957. This exciting presentation of an historic slice of Detroit makes for an outstanding read for all who are interested in the social transitions within the arching American culture and the Great Lakes region"--P.[4] of cover.