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The color of water : a Black man's tribute to his white mother

1996

Title:	The color of water : a Black man's tribute to his white mother / James McBride.
Author:	McBride, James, 1957-, author
Format:	Book
Publisher, Date:	New York : Riverhead Books, 1996.
Description:	xiii, 228 pages ; 25 cm.
Summary:	A young African American man describes growing up as one of twelve children of a white mother and Black father, and discusses his mother's contributions to his life and his confusion over his own identity.
Subjects:	McBride-Jordan, Ruth, 1921-2010. McBride, James, 1957- Racially mixed people -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography. Racially mixed people -- Race identity -- New York (State) -- New York. Mothers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography. Whites -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.
ISBN:	9781573220224 9781594481925
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James McBride is an accomplished musician and author of the National Book Award-winning The Good Lord Bird, the #1 bestselling American classic The Color of Water, and the bestsellers Song Yet Sung and Miracle at St. Anna, which was turned into a film by Spike Lee. McBride is a Distinguished Writer in Residence at New York University.

- (Penguin Putnam)

James McBride is an accomplished musician and author of the National Book Award-winningThe Good Lord Bird, the #1 bestselling American classic The Color of Water, and the bestsellersSong Yet Sung and Miracle at St. Anna, which was turned into a film by Spike Lee. McBride is a Distinguished Writer in Residence at New York University.
- (Random House, Inc.)

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