Lemon Swamp and Other Places
| Author | : Mamie Garvin Fields |
| Publisher | : Free Press |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 1985-03-01 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0029105501 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780029105504 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (504 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Lemon Swamp and Other Places by : Mamie Garvin Fields
Download or read book Lemon Swamp and Other Places written by Mamie Garvin Fields and published by Free Press. This book was released on 1985-03-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mamie Garvin Fields was born in Charleston, South Carolina in 1888. Though black, her family was gifted and she grew up not among house servants or sharecroppers but among artisans and professionals. In LEMON SWAMP, she looks back on this all-but-forgotten community of friends and family, and on the wider social landscape of the segregationist South of her youth.
