The Resource Passing strange : a Gilded Age tale of love and deception across the color line, Martha A. Sandweiss
Passing strange : a Gilded Age tale of love and deception across the color line, Martha A. Sandweiss
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The item Passing strange : a Gilded Age tale of love and deception across the color line, Martha A. Sandweiss represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Charleston County Public Library.
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- Summary
- "Passing Strange" is a uniquely American biography of Clarence King, who hid a secret from his Gilded Age cohorts and prominent family: for 13 years he lived a double life--as the celebrated white explorer, geologist, and writer King and as a black Pullman porter and steelworker named James Todd
- Language
- eng
- Label
- Passing strange : a Gilded Age tale of love and deception across the color line
- Title
- Passing strange
- Title remainder
- a Gilded Age tale of love and deception across the color line
- Statement of responsibility
- Martha A. Sandweiss
- Subject
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- African Americans -- Race identity -- Case studies
- Deception -- United States -- Case studies
- King, Ada, 1860-1964
- King, Clarence, 1842-1901
- King, Clarence, 1842-1901 -- Marriage
- African American women -- Biography
- New York (N.Y.) -- Biography
- Passing (Identity) -- United States -- Case studies
- United States -- Race relations | History -- 19th century
- Married people -- United States -- Case studies
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Passing Strange" is a uniquely American biography of Clarence King, who hid a secret from his Gilded Age cohorts and prominent family: for 13 years he lived a double life--as the celebrated white explorer, geologist, and writer King and as a black Pullman porter and steelworker named James Todd
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Sandweiss, Martha A
- Dewey number
- 305.896/073
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- E185.625
- LC item number
- .S255 2009
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- King, Clarence
- King, Ada
- King, Clarence
- African Americans
- Passing (Identity)
- Married people
- Deception
- African American women
- United States
- New York (N.Y.)
- Label
- Passing strange : a Gilded Age tale of love and deception across the color line, Martha A. Sandweiss
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-358) and index
- Control code
- ocn233549201
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 370 p., [8] p. of plates
- Isbn
- 9781594202001
- Lccn
- 2008034886
- Other physical details
- ill.
- System control number
- (OCoLC)233549201
- Label
- Passing strange : a Gilded Age tale of love and deception across the color line, Martha A. Sandweiss
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-358) and index
- Control code
- ocn233549201
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 370 p., [8] p. of plates
- Isbn
- 9781594202001
- Lccn
- 2008034886
- Other physical details
- ill.
- System control number
- (OCoLC)233549201
Subject
- African Americans -- Race identity -- Case studies
- Deception -- United States -- Case studies
- King, Ada, 1860-1964
- King, Clarence, 1842-1901
- King, Clarence, 1842-1901 -- Marriage
- African American women -- Biography
- New York (N.Y.) -- Biography
- Passing (Identity) -- United States -- Case studies
- United States -- Race relations | History -- 19th century
- Married people -- United States -- Case studies
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