Maps out an African-American landscape unusual in American literature. From Idlewild, the black resort on Lake Michigan where he holidayed as a child with his grandparents, to Oak Bluffs on Martha's Vineyard, the author traces a history of generations finding and making a home. His family lore careens through American history - we meet a black regiment in World War I; legendary jazz musician Coleman Hawkins, and Inabel Burns, pioneering feminist and great-granddaughter of slaves.
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Maps out an African-American landscape unusual in American literature. From Idlewild, the black resort on Lake Michigan where he holidayed as a child with his grandparents, to Oak Bluffs on Martha's Vineyard, the author traces a history of generations finding and making a home. His family lore careens through American history - we meet a black regiment in World War I; legendary jazz musician Coleman Hawkins, and Inabel Burns, pioneering feminist and great-granddaughter of slaves.
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