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Power in the blood : a family narrative /

Power in the Blood: A Family Narrative traces Linda Tate's journey to rediscover the Cherokee-Appalachian branch of her family and provides an unflinching examination of the poverty, discrimination, and family violence that marked their lives. In her search for the truth of her own past, Tate s...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Tate, Linda
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Athens : Ohio University Press, ©2009.
Colección:Ohio University Press series in race, ethnicity, and gender in Appalachia.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Power in the Blood: A Family Narrative traces Linda Tate's journey to rediscover the Cherokee-Appalachian branch of her family and provides an unflinching examination of the poverty, discrimination, and family violence that marked their lives. In her search for the truth of her own past, Tate scoured archives, libraries, and courthouses throughout Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Illinois, and Missouri, visited numerous cemeteries, and combed through census records, marriage records, court cases, local histories, old maps, and photographs. As she began to locate distant relatives - fifth, sixth,
Descripción Física:1 online resource (229 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, map
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9780821443460
0821443461