Trouble the water /
A Black professor returns home to face the demons of his past. Twenty years after running away from home in Pee Dee, North Carolina, Jordan Henry believed he had found success, as a young college professor of history, a married man, and a resident of New England, whose colonial past he knew so well....
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Boulder :
University of Colorado : Fiction Collective Two,
1989.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | A Black professor returns home to face the demons of his past. Twenty years after running away from home in Pee Dee, North Carolina, Jordan Henry believed he had found success, as a young college professor of history, a married man, and a resident of New England, whose colonial past he knew so well. When Jordan finds his career stymied by local prejudices, his world crumbles. Word of his grandmother's death reaches him, and he returns home to claim the ambiguous legacy of her farmland and face the consequences of his long absence. |
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| Item Description: | The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of The Don Kelly Research Collection of Gay Literature and Culture. The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy is signed by the author. |
| Physical Description: | 243 pages ; 23 cm |
| Awards: | Winner of the Nilon Award, 1989 |
| ISBN: | 0932511236 9780932511232 0932511244 9780932511249 |