Frank S. Joseph's debut novel evokes nostalgia at the same time that it confronts difficult questions of race and ethnicity in segregated Chicago of the late 1940s. The book chronicles a day and night in the life of two young boys--one black, one white--who unexpectedly find themselves lost in the city, exploring with the innocent enthusiasm of children while their families tear each other apart in fear. The racial tensions threaded through the novel come to a climax as the families meet to reunite with their children and personal choices are weighed with a shattering clarity against the pressures of the city.

Frank S. Joseph

Mid-Atlantic Highlands Publishing

Publishers Place, Incorporated

United States, United States of America

1st ed, Huntington, WV, c2006

March 15, 2006

PT, 2005

topic: Segregation; Ethnicity

Type: 英文图书

Bookmarks:
1. (p1) Author's Note
2. (p2) 1 Steve Tuesday, June 15, 1948
3. (p3) 2 Sass got a Dime?
4. (p4) 3 Steve These People
5. (p5) 4 Steve What Salt Is
6. (p6) 5 Steve Mercy Hospital
7. (p7) 6 Dora Dora on the Bus
8. (p8) 7 Steve Steve and Dora
9. (p9) 8 Sass Jesse Owens Trimble
10. (p10) 9 Joseph Selassie and the Ant
11. (p11) 10 Steve To Do Justice
12. (p12) 11 Dora Talking to Jesus
13. (p13) 12 Steve and Sass
14. (p14) 13 Joseph The Emperor
15. (p15) 14 Sass White Sox vs. Senators
16. (p16) 15 Sass Maxwell Street
17. (p17) 16 Steve The El
18. (p18) 17 Joseph The Lion of Judah
19. (p19) 18 Sass Duane, Ned and Joey Bob
20. (p20) 19 Dora praying for guidance
21. (p21) 20 Steve Riverview Park
22. (p22) 21 Sass The Calumet
23. (p23) 22 Joseph King of the Ethiopian Hebrews
24. (p24) 23 Sass To Love Mercy
25. (p25) Afterword
26. (p26) Coming Up North
27. (p29) Streets Paved with Gold
28. (p39) Growing Up
29. (p47) Discipline
30. (p56) Outside Along State Street
31. (p64) Policy, or "The Numbers"
32. (p69) Night Life
33. (p72) The Church
34. (p76) Foes
35. (p87) ...and Friends
36. (p91) And What Happened Next?
37. (p93) About the Author

theme: Segregation; Ethnicity

Bookmarks:
1. (p1) Author's Note
2. (p2) 1 Steve Tuesday, June 15, 1948
3. (p3) 2 Sass got a Dime?
4. (p4) 3 Steve These People
5. (p5) 4 Steve What Salt Is
6. (p6) 5 Steve Mercy Hospital
7. (p7) 6 Dora Dora on the Bus
8. (p8) 7 Steve Steve and Dora
9. (p9) 8 Sass Jesse Owens Trimble
10. (p10) 9 Joseph Selassie and the Ant
11. (p11) 10 Steve To Do Justice
12. (p12) 11 Dora Talking to Jesus
13. (p13) 12 Steve and Sass
14. (p14) 13 Joseph The Emperor
15. (p15) 14 Sass White Sox vs. Senators
16. (p16) 15 Sass Maxwell Street
17. (p17) 16 Steve The El
18. (p18) 17 Joseph The Lion of Judah
19. (p19) 18 Sass Duane, Ned and Joey Bob
20. (p20) 19 Dora praying for guidance
21. (p21) 20 Steve Riverview Park
22. (p22) 21 Sass The Calumet
23. (p23) 22 Joseph King of the Ethiopian Hebrews
24. (p24) 23 Sass To Love Mercy
25. (p25) Afterword
26. (p26) Coming Up North
27. (p29) Streets Paved with Gold
28. (p39) Growing Up
29. (p47) Discipline
30. (p56) Outside Along State Street
31. (p64) Policy, or "The Numbers"
32. (p69) Night Life
33. (p72) The Church
34. (p76) Foes
35. (p87) ...And Friends
36. (p91) And What Happened Next?
37. (p93) About the Author

" ... confronts race and ethnicity in segregated Chicago in the late 1940s. The book follows two boys--one black, one white--lost in the city together and exploring with innocent enthusiasm while their families tear each other apart in fear. Racial tensions thread through the novel and personal choices are made with a shattering clarity against the pressures of the city"--Back cover

By the time I get back, Dad and Grandpa are standing in the gangway, smoking.

2023-06-28