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Twilight People: One Man's Journey To Find His Roots Hardcover - 2006
by Houze, David
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The author was 26 when he discovered that three little girls in an old photo were his sisters, left behind in South Africa when Houze and his mother fled the country at the height of apartheid to start a new life in Mississippi, with Houze's American father. This revelation triggers a journey of self-discovery and reconnection.
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- Title Twilight People: One Man's Journey To Find His Roots
- Author Houze, David
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Paperback
- Condition New
- Pages 344
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of California Press, Many
- Date 2006-05-25
- Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # Q-0520243986
- ISBN 9780520243989 / 0520243986
- Weight 1.39 lbs (0.63 kg)
- Dimensions 9.18 x 6.74 x 1.1 in (23.32 x 17.12 x 2.79 cm)
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Deep South
- Cultural Region: Mid-South
- Cultural Region: South
- Ethnic Orientation: African American
- Geographic Orientation: Mississippi
- Library of Congress subjects Brothers and sisters, African Americans
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2005035322
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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From the rear cover
"In this wrenching yet redemptive family history, David Houze plunges into the tangle of race, class, and color on two continents. His quest solves a mystery at the center of his own heritage, and for the rest of us provides a memorable rumination on identity itself."--Samuel Freedman, author of Upon This Rock: The Miracles of a Black Church
"David Houze is a persistent and brave explorer. Twilight People investigates the darkest heart of racism in America and South Africa, and is as painful as it is deeply revealing about the complexities of racial identity on two continents."--Neil Henry, author of Pearl's Secret: A Black Man's Search for His White Family
"In this up-close-and-personal account of the parallel struggles for racial justice in Mississippi and South Africa, David Houze weaves a fascinating tale that has nowhere been told. The book is remarkable for its capacity to chronicle the larger history of three critical decades of the 20th century resistance and mobilization, while skillfully deploying the author's own personal story to illuminate the human texture of apartheid in two nations."--Troy Duster, author of Backdoor to Eugenics
"David Houze is a persistent and brave explorer. Twilight People investigates the darkest heart of racism in America and South Africa, and is as painful as it is deeply revealing about the complexities of racial identity on two continents."--Neil Henry, author of Pearl's Secret: A Black Man's Search for His White Family
"In this up-close-and-personal account of the parallel struggles for racial justice in Mississippi and South Africa, David Houze weaves a fascinating tale that has nowhere been told. The book is remarkable for its capacity to chronicle the larger history of three critical decades of the 20th century resistance and mobilization, while skillfully deploying the author's own personal story to illuminate the human texture of apartheid in two nations."--Troy Duster, author of Backdoor to Eugenics
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Citations
- Black Issues Book Review, 07/01/2006, Page 16
- Booklist, 05/01/2006, Page 67
- Essence, 05/01/2006, Page 86
- Library Journal, 06/01/2006, Page 130
- Univ PR Books for Public Libry, 01/01/2007, Page 1
