Mulatto America: At the Crossroads of Black and White Culture: A Social History

by Stephan Talty

Offering a controversial new perspective on integration and American identity, a thought-provoking volume traces the origins of interracial relationships, detailing the many rebels throughout history that broke the racial/color barriers despite the harsh consequences, and revealing how these pairings forever changed our way of thinking and living. Reprint. 10,000 first printing.

Genres: History, African American

288 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

Stephan Talty is the New York Times bestselling author of six acclaimed books of narrative nonfiction, as well as the Abbie Kearney crime novels. Originally from Buffalo, he now lives outside New York City.

Talty began as a widely-published journalist who has contributed to the New York Times Magazine, GQ, Men’s Journal, Time Out New York, Details, and many other publications. He is the author of the forthcoming thriller Hangman (the sequel to Black Irish), as well as Agent Garbo: The Brilliant, Eccentric Double Agent who Tricked Hitler and Saved D-Day (2012) and Empire of Blue Water: Captain Morgan's Great Pirate Army, the Epic Battle for the Americas, and the Catastrophe that Ended the Outlaws Bloody Reign (2008).

His short e-book, The Secret Agent: In Search of America's Greatest World War II Spy was the best-selling Amazon Single of 2013.

Reviews

[Tj · Rating 4 out of 5]

as a human with a biracial constitution, this book was a no-brainer. Though I really liked the book, it was somewhat misleading. It begins by offering a glimpse of the middle ground between black and white culture, but somewhere in the middle loses focus and becomes sort a recap of the civil rights movement with an emphasis on its impact on pop culture. The end result was hardly "mulatto relevant" at all.

[Ashley · Rating 2 out of 5]

Needed much more depth. Skimmed over a potentially fascinating topic.

[Warner · Rating 2 out of 5]

Very different