{"product_id":"9780141995151","title":"The Warmth of Other Suns : The Epic Story of America's Great Migration","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor(s): Wilkerson, Isabel, \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 04\/08\/2020,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 640 pages,\u003cbr\u003e Series: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Penguin Books Ltd,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: Penguin Books Ltd,\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: Biography: historical political \u0026amp; military, History of the Americas, Social \u0026amp; cultural history, Immigration \u0026amp; emigration, USA\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780141995151\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDescription:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the winner of the Pulitzer Prize, this is one of the great untold stories of American history: the migration of black citizens who fled the south and went north in search of a better life From 1915 to 1970, an exodus of almost six million people would change the face of America.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith stunning historical detail, Pulitzer prize-winning journalist Isabel Wilkerson gives us this definitive, vividly dramatic account of how these journeys unfolded.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBased on interviews with more than a thousand people, and access to new data and official records, The Warmth of Other Suns tells the story of America's Great Migration through the lives of three unique individuals: Ida Mae Gladney, who in 1937 left sharecropping and prejudice in Mississippi for Chicago, where she achieved quiet blue-collar success and, in old age, voted for Barack Obama when he ran for an Illinois Senate seat; sharp and quick-tempered George Starling, who in 1945 fled Florida for Harlem, where he endangered his job fighting for civil rights, saw his family fall, and finally found peace in God; and Robert Foster, who left Louisiana in 1953 to pursue a medical career, the personal physician to Ray Charles as part of a glitteringly successful medical career.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWilkerson brilliantly captures their first treacherous and exhausting cross-country journeys, as well as how they changed their new homes forever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35616744800409,"sku":"9780141995151","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/products\/9780141995151_47d61f1d-f527-41ba-b030-8a498f599182.jpg?v=1601405849","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9780141995151","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}