The Resource Writing to save a life : the Louis Till file, John Edgar Wideman
Writing to save a life : the Louis Till file, John Edgar Wideman
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The item Writing to save a life : the Louis Till file, John Edgar Wideman represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library.This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
Resource Information
The item Writing to save a life : the Louis Till file, John Edgar Wideman represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
- Summary
- "In The Louis Till File, John Edgar Wideman searches for Louis Till, a silent victim of American injustice. Wideman's personal interaction with the story began when he learned of Emmett's murder in 1955; Wideman was also fourteen years old. After reading decades later about Louis's execution, he couldn't escape the twin tragedies of father and son, and tells their stories together for the first time. Author of the award-winningBrothers and Keepers, Wideman brings extraordinary insight and a haunting intimacy to this devastating story. An amalgam of research, memoir, and imagination, The Louis Till File is completely original in its delivery--an engaging and enlightening conversation between generations, the living and the dead, fathers and sons. Wideman turns seventy-five this year, and he brings the force of his substantial intellect and experience to this beautiful, stirring book, his first nonfiction in fifteen years,"--Baker & Taylor
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First Scribner hardcover edition.
- Extent
- 193 pages
- Contents
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- Louis Till
- The file
- Graves
- Isbn
- 9781501147289
- Label
- Writing to save a life : the Louis Till file
- Title
- Writing to save a life
- Title remainder
- the Louis Till file
- Statement of responsibility
- John Edgar Wideman
- Subject
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- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / General
- Biographies
- HISTORY / African American & Black
- TRUE CRIME / Murder / General
- Till, Emmett, 1941-1955 -- Death and burial
- Till, Louis, 1922-1945 -- Death and burial
- True crime stories
- United States, Army | Transportation Command | Battalion, 379th | Company, 177th -- Biography
- African American men -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- War crimes -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Wideman, John Edgar
- World War, 1939-1945 -- African Americans -- Biography
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Italy
- War crimes -- Italy | Civitavecchia
- African American soldiers -- Biography
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "In The Louis Till File, John Edgar Wideman searches for Louis Till, a silent victim of American injustice. Wideman's personal interaction with the story began when he learned of Emmett's murder in 1955; Wideman was also fourteen years old. After reading decades later about Louis's execution, he couldn't escape the twin tragedies of father and son, and tells their stories together for the first time. Author of the award-winningBrothers and Keepers, Wideman brings extraordinary insight and a haunting intimacy to this devastating story. An amalgam of research, memoir, and imagination, The Louis Till File is completely original in its delivery--an engaging and enlightening conversation between generations, the living and the dead, fathers and sons. Wideman turns seventy-five this year, and he brings the force of his substantial intellect and experience to this beautiful, stirring book, his first nonfiction in fifteen years,"--Baker & Taylor
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Wideman, John Edgar
- Dewey number
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- 364.152/3092
- B
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- D810.N4
- LC item number
- W49 2016
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Till, Emmett
- Wideman, John Edgar
- Till, Louis
- United States
- World War, 1939-1945
- African American soldiers
- War crimes
- War crimes
- World War, 1939-1945
- African American men
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / General
- HISTORY / African American & Black
- TRUE CRIME / Murder / General
- Label
- Writing to save a life : the Louis Till file, John Edgar Wideman
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Contents
- Louis Till -- The file -- Graves
- Control code
- 944380559
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Edition
- First Scribner hardcover edition.
- Extent
- 193 pages
- Isbn
- 9781501147289
- Lccn
- 2016015604
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
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- n
- Other control number
- 40026642592
- Label
- Writing to save a life : the Louis Till file, John Edgar Wideman
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Contents
- Louis Till -- The file -- Graves
- Control code
- 944380559
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Edition
- First Scribner hardcover edition.
- Extent
- 193 pages
- Isbn
- 9781501147289
- Lccn
- 2016015604
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
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- n
- Other control number
- 40026642592
Subject
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / General
- Biographies
- HISTORY / African American & Black
- TRUE CRIME / Murder / General
- Till, Emmett, 1941-1955 -- Death and burial
- Till, Louis, 1922-1945 -- Death and burial
- True crime stories
- United States, Army | Transportation Command | Battalion, 379th | Company, 177th -- Biography
- African American men -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- War crimes -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Wideman, John Edgar
- World War, 1939-1945 -- African Americans -- Biography
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Italy
- War crimes -- Italy | Civitavecchia
- African American soldiers -- Biography
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