Bibliograph

Passing strange, a Gilded Age tale of love and deception across the color line, Martha A. Sandweiss

Type

Label

Passing strange, a Gilded Age tale of love and deception across the color line, Martha A. Sandweiss

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-358) and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Passing strange

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

233549201

Responsibility statement

Martha A. Sandweiss

Sub title

a Gilded Age tale of love and deception across the color line

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

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