Miles of Smiles, Years of Struggle: Stories of Black Pullman Porters (Publications of the American Folklore Society New Series)
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| Rating | : | 4.37 (505 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0252015916 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 22 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-04-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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"This monograph, as moving and complex as the simple poetry of its eloquent title, will richly repay the attention of southern historians Santino's analysis of Pullman porters is both richly descriptive and suggestive of the way in which the porters' world provides a microcosmic view of race relations that is also emblematic of the position of blacks in the larger world in which Pullman porters were part of the black elite." -- Jerrold Hirsch, Journal of Southern History
Heavy on Racism, Light on Folklore WILLIAM H FULLER Based both on its title and on the fact that this book is a publication of the American Folklore Society, I expected to find a collection of first-person reminiscences, perhaps embellished as all effective stories are embellished by their tellers, though retaining basic truths, painting a verbal picture of the daily lives of the men who worked as uniformed porters in the expensive sleeping cars owned by the Pullman Company. As an identifiable group, Pullman porters were as much a fixt. "American History 101" according to Samuel Augustus Jennings. MILES OF SMILESYEARS of Struggle is in depth reporting of a significant slice of American history told by those black men and women who lived itoral histories too often overlooked by historians.
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