1990, ISBN: 0060174838

In American Beach, award-winning journalist Russ Rymer provides astonishing insights into the meaning of American race relations. Avoiding the easy clichs of victimhood and oppression, he… Mehr…

In American Beach, award-winning journalist Russ Rymer provides astonishing insights into the meaning of American race relations. Avoiding the easy clichs of victimhood and oppression, he searches for answers through three unexpected, overlapping, intensely personal stories. Ultimately he presents a vision of a nation where the futures of blacks and whites are as linked as their histories, and where black experience offers a key to the struggle of every modern American. American Beach opens with the killing of an unarmed black motorist by white police on a Florida resort island. It's the emblematic race confrontation of the 1990s, but Rymer's examination turns up everything but the ordinary. His journey leads us through ghostly plantation cemeteries, sance parlors, black resorts, European opera houses, Harlem salons, America's newest tone, and its oldest incorporated black city. We meet black pirated and planters, witness the incendiary death of the world's first black (and pioneer woman) aviator, the boardroom deliberations of the Walt Disney Company, and the posthumous but victorious last crusade of a prominent black novelist. Along the way, we are guided by the most extraordinary real-life Southern cast since Mightnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, including Florida's first black millionaire and his great-grandfather, a flamboyant pauper who lives on a chaise lounge on the beach, from whence she strives to salvage her history and rescue her african-american studies,americas,business,business and investing,contemporary,discrimination and racism,history,literature and fiction,politics and social sciences,race relations Race Relations, HarperCollins Publishers<

ISBN: 9780060174835

Avoiding The Easy Cliches of victimhood and oppression, Russ Rymer brings to life the stark conflict between whites and blacks in America today, presenting a vision of a nation where the … Mehr…

Avoiding The Easy Cliches of victimhood and oppression, Russ Rymer brings to life the stark conflict between whites and blacks in America today, presenting a vision of a nation where the futures of both races are as linked as their histories -- and where the black experience offers a key to the struggle of every modern American. Examining three connected lives from a small slice of northeastern Florida -- an unarmed black motorist killed by a white policeman, the granddaughter of Florida's first black millionaire, and one of America's most prominent black novelists, Zora Neale Hurston -- Rymer brilliantly shows how the experiences of these three refract and reflect the American experience itself, offering clues to help us understand our past and shape our future. American Beach: A Saga of Race, Wealth, and Memory Rymer, Russ, HarperCollins Publishers<

ISBN: 9780060174835

Avoiding The Easy Cliches of victimhood and oppression, Russ Rymer brings to life the stark conflict between whites and blacks in America today, presenting a vision of a nation where the … Mehr…

Avoiding The Easy Cliches of victimhood and oppression, Russ Rymer brings to life the stark conflict between whites and blacks in America today, presenting a vision of a nation where the futures of both races are as linked as their histories -- and where the black experience offers a key to the struggle of every modern American. Examining three connected lives from a small slice of northeastern Florida -- an unarmed black motorist killed by a white policeman, the granddaughter of Florida's first black millionaire, and one of America's most prominent black novelists, Zora Neale Hurston -- Rymer brilliantly shows how the experiences of these three refract and reflect the American experience itself, offering clues to help us understand our past and shape our future. Media > Book, [PU: Harper & Row; Collins; HarperCollins]<

1998, ISBN: 9780060174835

[ Edition: first ]. Good Condition. Publisher: HarperCollins Pub Date: 11/1/1998 Binding: Hardcover Pages: 352 [ No Hassle 30 Day Returns ][ Ships Daily ] [ Underlining/Highlighting: NO… Mehr…

[ Edition: first ]. Good Condition. Publisher: HarperCollins Pub Date: 11/1/1998 Binding: Hardcover Pages: 352 [ No Hassle 30 Day Returns ][ Ships Daily ] [ Underlining/Highlighting: NONE ] [ Writing: NONE ]<

ISBN: 9780060174835

Hardcover book. 337 pages. Published by HarperCollins Publishers Media > Book, [PU: Harper & Row; Collins; HarperCollins]