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A Stranger in the Village

Edited by Farah J. GriffinAuthor Alerts: Random House will alert you to new works by Farah J. Griffin and Cheryl J. FishAuthor Alerts: Random House will alert you to new works by Cheryl J. Fish

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Published by: Beacon Press

On Sale: May 01, 1999
Pages: 384 | ISBN: 978-0-8070-7121-2
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9780807071212
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Categories for this book
Social Science - African-American Studies; Language Arts - Composition & Creative Writing
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Synopsis

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Dispatches, diaries, memoirs, and letters by African-American travelers in search of home, justice, and adventure-from the Wild West to Australia.
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[A Stranger in the Village] will explode any lingering notions that travel writing is a white writer's game.-Bob Sipchen, Los Angeles Times

"[A] remarkable anthology." -Victoria Valentine, Emerge

"An intelligent, authoritative collection for anyone interested in travel writing, memoirs, or African-American history." -Condé Nast Traveler

"[James] Baldwin's astute observation that 'this world is white no longer, and it will never be white again,' could not be more obvious in this collection." -The Miami Herald

"A thinking person's travel anthology." -Chicago Sun-Times

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