Passing strange sandweiss book

This book is destined for awards, and it will deserve every one of them. Sandweiss unearths a compelling tale of secret racial identity. A gilded age tale of love and deception across the color line, examines why king chose to live a double life and how his experience reflects and represents how. Passing strange tells the dramatic tale of a family built along the fault lines of celebrity, class, and racefrom the todds wedding in 1888 to the 1964 death of ada, one of the last surviving americans born into slavery, to finally the legacy inherited by clarence kings granddaughter, who married a white man and adopted a white child in. Sandweiss is a historian and professor of history at princeton, with a focus on public history and the american west. Sandweiss tells the dramatic, distinctively american tale of a family built along the fault lines of celebrity, class, and racea story that spans the long century from civil war to civil rights. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. Sandweiss takes a mountain of information and transforms it into a smooth, captivating narrative. A gilded age tale of love and deception across the color line by martha a. King, who was white, with blond hair and blue eyes, had been passing as a black man to be with the woman he loved, ada copeland, a former slave. Be the first to ask a question about passing strange. Passing strange penguin clarence king was a famed explorer, scientist, and hero of late nineteenth century history.

A gilded age tale of love and deception across the color line, examines why king chose to live a double. He lived an elaborate double life, and his story told by martha sandweiss in her book, passing strange. Weir is a visiting professor of history at umass and a freelance writer. Sandweisss posts on the penguin blog the secret double life of the man who mapped the american west, and the woman he loved clarence king was a late. Both books deal with passing, passing strange about a white man living as black, illuminated life discussing da costa greenes living as white. Read passing strange a gilded age tale of love and deception across the color line by martha a. Martha sandweiss talked about her book passing strange. Passing strange tells the dramatic tale of a family built along the fault lines of celebrity, class, and race from the todds wedding in 1888 to the 1964 death of ada, one of the last surviving americans born into slavery, and finally to the legacy inherited by clarence kings granddaughter, who married a white man and adopted a white child. Sandweiss i wrote before how i stumbled across the strange story of clarence king 18421901, the first director of the us geological survey who for the last years of his life, led a secret double life as a black man in order to marry a. Passing strange by martha sandweiss fascinates with a. Martha sandweisss passing strange tells the true story of clarence king, the american explorer and scientist who passed for black in one half of his life. As an alternative, the kindle ebook is available now and can be read on any device with the free.

Passing strange is a comedydrama rock musical about a young african americans artistic journey of selfdiscovery in europe, with strong elements of philosophical existentialism, metafiction especially selfreferential humor, and the artistic journey. A gilded age tale of love and deception across the color line kindle edition by sandweiss, martha a download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Sandweiss penguin press, feb 05, 2009 african american literature book club celebrating our literary legacy since 1997 black literature is for everyone african american literature book club. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading passing strange. Sandweiss read in passing that clarence king a caucasian male famous in the 19th century as a surveyor of the vast frontier and a. A uniquely american story of selfinvention, love, deception, and race. A gilded age tale of love and deception across the color line by sandweiss, martha a. Passing strange meticulously sometimes too meticulously. Reading about racial boundaries the new york times. Sandweiss tells the dramatic, distinctively american tale of a family built along the fault lines of celebrity, class, and race a story that spans the long century from civil war to civil rights. Passing strange by marni sandweiss a gilded age tale of love and deception across the color lineby professor of american studies and history martha a. Click download or read online button to get passing strange martha epub book now. In the invisible line, daniel sharfstein writes about three families in american history that lived with fluid racial identities.

Sandweiss and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. A truly extraordinary story about an extraordinary man and an extraordinary couple, passing strange illuminates, as no other recent book has done, the vexed intersection of race, class, identity, and ambition in americas gilded age. It exposes the bizarre secret life of a wellknown historical figure, but that secret is its. Sandweiss, 9780143116868, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Frick readers series passing strange the frick pittsburgh. Passing was often used adverbially in the renaissance, which had a keen sense of.

A gilded age tale of love and deception across the color line. Clarence king was a geologist, a bestselling author and a liar. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. Sandweisss posts on the penguin blog the secret double life of the man who mapped the american west, and the woman he loved clarence king was a late nineteenthcentury celebrity, a brilliant scientist and explorer once described by secretary of state john hay as the best and brightest of his.

Sandweiss has 15 books on goodreads with 2434 ratings. A gilded age tale of love and deception across the color line penguin press. But as martha sandweiss shows in passing strange, king led a double life, passing as a black man in. But the blueeyed and fairskinned king also led a secret double life passing as a black man. Passing stranges love story is a black and white issue. A gilded age tale of love and deception across the color line presents one mans story in an effort to crystallize the state of u. Sandweiss print the legend serves a delicious brew of public accomplishment and domestic intrigue in this dual biography of the. Sandweiss 2009, hardcover at the best online prices at ebay. Martha sandweiss recounts the life of 19th century geologist and surveyor of the american west, clarence king who lived a doublelife as a. In her book passing strange, history professor martha sandweiss uncovers the secret double life of clarence king, a wellknown figure in the history of the american west. The musicals lyrics and book are by stew with music and orchestrations by heidi rodewald and stew. A gilded age tale of love and deception across the color line martha a. Passing strange tells an astounding true story that would beggar most novelists imaginations. How clarence king, a 19thcentury white geologist and explorer, passed for years as james todd, a black pullman porter.

Sandweiss is a historian of the united states, with particular interests in the history of the american west, visual culture, and public history. Passing strange martha epub download ebook pdf, epub. Finalist, 2009 national book critics circle award and named one of top ten books of 2009, by janet maslin, new york times passing strange a gilded age tale of love and deception across the color line penguin press, 2009 paperback edition released january, 2010. Sandweiss is a professor of history at princeton university.

Passing strange is ultimately a book about a couple, and sandweiss has used her formidable skills as a researcher to reconstruct as much of their lives as possible. Sandweiss wrote this book to shed light on clarence kings marriage to a black woman at the end of the. Pdf passing strange download full pdf book download. A gilded age tale of love and deception across the color line sandweiss. Covering a century of american history, including geographical expansion, economic trends, and social values could have proved too plodding for one read.