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Title: Maggie's American Dream: The Life and Times of a Black Family by James P. Comer ISBN: 0-452-26318-2 Publisher: Plume Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 1989 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (6 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: An 'American Dream' Realised
Comment: I did a research study on American Dream in America during the 20s-30s decade. I've read a lot of books concerning the subject; literary works, forming the main portion of my resources. These ranged from Fitzgerald's 'Great Gatzby' to Steinbeck's 'Grapes of Wrath', from Dreiser's 'An American Tragedy' to Lewis's 'Main Street'. In addition to these quite old literary works, I collected statistical, analytical information about the particular decades, to verify what I've acquired from the novels. It was a hard study, but I managed to write a reasonably concise thesis, with the help of not the sources I listed, but with this book, 'Maggie's American Dream' instead. Why?
Almost all of the books I've read were productions of imagination. Even Dreiser, who was inspired from a real account, did not stick to facts in his book, but altered them to create a fiction. However, 'Maggie's American Dream' is a true story. It is told from James Comer's point of view, in a very poetical fashion. The second part of the book is his mother's story, which is again expressed by James. The book also contains a nice section of pictures of the Comer family, which are quite interesting after reading about the family.
James P. Comer had a very hard childhood, as it could be expected during the years of never-ending racism issues. Comer beautifully expresses how they managed to stand tall, and get their share in the competition of living. Mr. Comer is now working as a psychiatrist in New Haven, after having completed his doctoral work in Yale University. It is a dream that is realised, indeed.
This book will provide you with a lot of insights about the lives of black families, American societal norms, family relations during the 20s and 30s, which you cannot find easily in any other source this clearly and truely.
Rating: 5
Summary: I didn't want the story to come to an end ....
Comment: What a wonderful book. Very easy to read with lots of short chapters so that even the busiest of us can get through it quickly. And of course Maggie and her family are so real that you find you can't put the book down...you just have to find out what happens to them all next.
It's a great story, and worth reading from that angle alone. But all the way through this book also gives you plenty to ponder - whether you are someone with an interest in education (and doesn't that include all parents?), someone who wishes that all people had an equal opportunity to realise their potential, or someone who really wants to know what life is like for others from different backgrounds and countries. The author also inspires us to think about how we can make a difference, in some small way, wherever and whoever we are.
Rating: 5
Summary: Maggies American Dream
Comment: This book I have read is the best book I have ever read. It has inspired me by not being mad ever time someone gets in my face and be racis toward me. I really like this aurthor he is a very insperational writter. I would tell everbody who is going through something very hard, reconmemd this book to any and every one
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Title: Readings in African-American History by Thomas R. Frazier ISBN: 0534523730 Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Company Pub. Date: 08 December, 2000 List Price(USD): $54.95 |
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Title: Women and Power in American History, Volume II (2nd Edition) by Kathryn Kish Sklar, Thomas Dublin ISBN: 0130415812 Publisher: Prentice Hall Pub. Date: 18 December, 2001 List Price(USD): $44.00 |
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Title: America's Working Women: A Documentary History 1600 to the Present by Rosalyn Fraad Baxandall, Linda Gordon, Susan Reverby ISBN: 0393312623 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: 01 May, 1995 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Ar'N't I A Woman?: Female Slaves in the Plantation South by Deborah Gray White ISBN: 0393314812 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: 01 February, 1999 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Experience And Education by John Dewey ISBN: 0684838281 Publisher: Free Press Pub. Date: 01 July, 1997 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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