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The Ditchdigger's Daughters: a Black Family's Astonishing Success Story
by Thornton, Yvonne S
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good/Unknown
- ISBN 10
- 0452276195
- ISBN 13
- 9780452276192
- Seller
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Concord, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY, U.S.A. : Dutton/Plume, 1996.. Soft cover. Very Good/Unknown. Octavo, softcover, near fine in pictorial wraps. illustrated with b/w photos. 261 pp. A literary guild selection as best book for young adults 1996. An inspiring portrait by a loving daughter of an unusual man who was as clearheaded as he was ambitious and determined. He worked two full time jobs, his wife was a cleaning woman, but he formed his bright and talented girls into a rhythm and blues band that played Harlem's Apollo, and ensured each finished school and became equal to anyone, man or woman, black or white. Giftable.
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- Bookseller
- bookwitch (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21420
- Title
- The Ditchdigger's Daughters: a Black Family's Astonishing Success Story
- Author
- Thornton, Yvonne S
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Unknown
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0452276195
- ISBN 13
- 9780452276192
- Publisher
- New York, NY, U.S.A. : Dutton/Plume, 1996.
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.s.a.
- This edition first published
- May 1, 1996
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- Octavo
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