Crossings: A White Man's Journey into Black America - Hardcover

Harrington, Walt

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060165588 ISBN 13: 9780060165581

Publisher: Harpercollins, 1993

Synopsis

A "Washington Post" staff writer describes his journeys through a Black world, evoking his efforts to cross over and engage Blacks in a way whites generally do not

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Review:

"A message in a bottle floated out to white America about black America's remarkable diversity and resilience."--"New York Newsday"

"Mr. Harrington . . . brings a keen reportorial eye and a graceful writing style to his immense project."--"New York Times Book Review"

"Candid and rich. . . . Harrington remains a good companion, in part because he's wonderfully frank."--"Los Angeles Times Book Review"

"Mr. Harrington . . . is gifted with an unintrusive style that permits his subjects to speak freely. Some of them share with him perceptions that they have been nurturing nearly all their lives."--"Washington Times"

"While Harrington wrote this book for white, middle-class American readers, blacks will enjoy his vignettes as well. [He] records voices from tomorrow's black history taking place today, voices that otherwise might have been overlooked." --"Black Enterprise"

"Vivid. . . . a fascinating and enlightening montage for blacks and whites alike."--"People"

"Honest and devoid of flackery . . . so different from what we're used to reading about blacks that it seems almost subversive." "Atlantic""

"A message in a bottle floated out to white America about black America's remarkable diversity and resilience." "New York Newsday""

"Vivid. . . . a fascinating and enlightening montage for blacks and whites alike." "People""

Magisterial. . . . An engrossing, multilayered portrait"as well as a touching personal odyssey." "Kirkus Reviews""

About the Author:

An award-winning journalist and former staff writer for the Washington Post Magazine, Walt Harrington is currently Professor of Journalism at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is the author of At the Heart of It: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Lives and American Profiles: Somebodies and Nobodies Who Matter (both from the University of Missouri Press).

About this edition

• Publisher: Harpercollins
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0060165588
• ISBN 13: 9780060165581
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1