The Louis Till file : writing to save a life
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Published
New York ; Scribner, [2016].
Edition
First Scribner hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
193 pages ; 22 cm.
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Ridgway Public Library - NONFICTION | 364.152 WID | On Shelf |
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Subjects
LC Subjects
African American men -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
African American soldiers -- Biography.
Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural Heritage
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural Heritage
HISTORY / African American.
HISTORY / African American.
Till, Emmett, -- 1941-1955 -- Death and burial.
Till, Louis, -- 1922-1945 -- Death and burial.
TRUE CRIME / Murder.
TRUE CRIME / Murder.
True crime stories.
United States. -- Army. -- Transportation Command. -- Battalion, 379th. -- Company, 177th -- Biography.
War crimes -- Italy -- Civitavecchia.
War crimes -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Wideman, John Edgar.
World War, 1939-1945 -- African Americans -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Italy.
African American soldiers -- Biography.
Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural Heritage
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural Heritage
HISTORY / African American.
HISTORY / African American.
Till, Emmett, -- 1941-1955 -- Death and burial.
Till, Louis, -- 1922-1945 -- Death and burial.
TRUE CRIME / Murder.
TRUE CRIME / Murder.
True crime stories.
United States. -- Army. -- Transportation Command. -- Battalion, 379th. -- Company, 177th -- Biography.
War crimes -- Italy -- Civitavecchia.
War crimes -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Wideman, John Edgar.
World War, 1939-1945 -- African Americans -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Italy.
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Published
New York ; Scribner, [2016].
Format
Book
Edition
First Scribner hardcover edition.
Language
English
UPC
40026642592
Notes
Description
"In The Louis Till File, John Edgar Wideman searches for Louis Till, a silent victim of American injustice. Wideman's personal interaction with the story began when he learned of Emmett's murder in 1955; Wideman was also fourteen years old. After reading decades later about Louis's execution, he couldn't escape the twin tragedies of father and son, and tells their stories together for the first time. Author of the award-winning Brothers and Keepers, Wideman brings extraordinary insight and a haunting intimacy to this devastating story. An amalgam of research, memoir, and imagination, The Louis Till File is completely original in its delivery--an engaging and enlightening conversation between generations, the living and the dead, fathers and sons. Wideman turns seventy-five this year, and he brings the force of his substantial intellect and experience to this beautiful, stirring book, his first nonfiction in fifteen years,"--Baker & Taylor.
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In 1955, Emmett Till was brutally murdered in Mississippi because he was a colored boy who had, allegedly, whistled at a white woman. Wideman examines this death with that of Emmett's father, Louis Till, who was executed by the U.S. Army in 1945 in Italy, after being found guilty of murder and rape. The result is a conversation between generations, the living and the dead, fathers and sons.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Wideman, J. E. (2016). The Louis Till file: writing to save a life (First Scribner hardcover edition.). Scribner.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Wideman, John Edgar. 2016. The Louis Till File: Writing to Save a Life. Scribner.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Wideman, John Edgar. The Louis Till File: Writing to Save a Life Scribner, 2016.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Wideman, John Edgar. The Louis Till File: Writing to Save a Life First Scribner hardcover edition., Scribner, 2016.
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