Stronger Kinship One Town's Extraordinary Story of Hope and Faith

Name: Stronger Kinship One Town's Extraordinary Story of Hope and Faith
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ISBN: 9780316110181

ISBN-10: 0316110183

ISBN-13: 9780316110181

Edition: 2006

Authors: Anna-Lisa Cox

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"Now, in an astounding historical-detective feat, Anna-Lisa Cox uncovers the saga of a place that took the road untaken. Starting in the 1860s, and for decades later, the people of Covert, Michigan, attempted to do what then seemed impossible: love one's neighbor - regardless of skin color - as oneself. Drawing upon private diaries, overlooked documents, oral histories, and contemporary records, Cox gives us intimate glimpses of the people who lived there, from William Conner, the Civil War veteran who went on to become Michigan's first black justice of the peace, to Elizabeth Gillard, who survived a shipwreck that left her and her family washed onto Covert's shores, only to find she loved…

Book details

List price: $30.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Little Brown & Company
Publication date: 2/6/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English




The bleeding heartland



The journey : 1860-1866



Rights : 1866-1869



Citizenship : 1870-1875



Equality : 1875-1880



Independence : 1880-1884



Friendship : 1885-1889



Justice : 1890-1896