{"product_id":"the-warmth-of-other-suns-the-epic-story-of-americas-great-migration-isabel-wilkerson","title":"The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Formatted\"\u003e\u003cb\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 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom 1915 to 1970, an exodus of almost six million people would change the face of America. With stunning historical detail, Pulitzer prize-winning journalist Isabel Wilkerson gives us this definitive, vividly dramatic account of how these journeys unfolded.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBased on interviews with more than a thousand people, and access to new data and official records, \u003ci\u003eThe Warmth of Other Suns\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Formatted\"\u003ePlease note this copy has light creases on the cover and light scuffs on the edges of the covers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN: \u003cspan tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Text Text__body3\"\u003e9780141995151 \u003cspan class=\"Text Text__subdued\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSize: Paperback, 622 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher: \u003cspan tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Text Text__body3\"\u003ePenguin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished: 2010\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"B - Good Condition","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44583338836124,"sku":"","price":8.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0526\/1597\/0972\/files\/thewarmth_2_2071aa98-1cbe-4c5e-b159-bc8cb7f54725.jpg?v=1780989206","url":"https:\/\/booksforless.co.nz\/products\/the-warmth-of-other-suns-the-epic-story-of-americas-great-migration-isabel-wilkerson","provider":"Books For Less","version":"1.0","type":"link"}