Through the Back Door
Memoirs of a Sharecropper's Daughter Who Learned to Read as a Great-Grandmother
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Book Details
Language :
English
Publication Date :
8/4/2004
Format :
Softcover
Dimensions :
5.5x8.5
Page Count :
100
ISBN :
9780595324507
Format :
E-Book
Dimensions :
N/A
Page Count :
1
ISBN :
9781469711348
About the Book
Heartwarming stories about a family of sharecroppers living by the white man's rules in rural Georgia during the 1920s and 1930s. You'll laugh and you'll cry, but you will always learn. And through it all, you will come to admire the courage, determination, and joy shown by the author and her family as they overcame the challenges of life in the Old South.
About the Author
Janet Driskell Turner was born in 1920 and grew up in rural Georgia. The oldest of twelve children born to sharecroppers, she triumphed over a life of deep poverty, lack of education, and white oppression, and went on to learn how to read as a great-grandmother.