Praying for Sheetrock by Greene
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)Melissa Fay Greene is a New Yorker, New York Times, Washington Post, Atlantic Monthly, Chicago Tribune, and Newsweek award-winning novelist and journalist whose work has appeared in publications such as the New Yorker, New York Times, Washington Post, Atlantic Monthly, Chicago Tribune, and Newsweek. She is also the author of the Bloomsbury Publishing books Last Man Out: The Tale of the Springhill Mine Disaster and There Is No Me Without You. She currently resides in Atlanta, Georgia.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780449907535 |
| ISBN 10 | 0449907538 |
| Title | Praying for Sheetrock |
| Author | Greene |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 1992-10-13 |
| Number of pages | 337 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for National Book Awards (Nonfiction) 1991 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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