JJ’s review of The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration > Likes and Comments
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This sounds AMAZING. Will have to check it out!
In a nutshell, yes, AMAZING! Let me know what you think when the times comes. =)
Chantelle, Hope you enjoyed it as much as I did.
Your honesty was so appealing. Thank you!
Your honesty was so appealing. Thank you!
I'm listening to this book on tape right now and this is what astonishes me: not only did I never hear about The Great Migration in grades school, I took American History in college and didn't hear about it. I learned about it because of the advertising for this book, and now that I'm in the book it's even bigger than I thought I had come to understand.
Albert wrote: "Your honesty was so appealing. Thank you!"
Thank you for your note, Albert. The book was seriously mind blowing for me.
loafingcactus wrote: "I'm listening to this book on tape right now and this is what astonishes me: not only did I never hear about The Great Migration in grades school, I took American History in college and didn't hear..."
Seriously right? My mind was blown on multiple levels. I shudder to think about what else our history teachers/professors left out.
Another migration was the Trail of Tears - only it was a forced migration.
Thank you. Some of my friends were discussing this book very positively. Your review made me even more eager to read it.
I knew of this, but never by name!!! So crazy, I’m so satisfied with the writing and learning from this book. I feel crazy for not noticing that I haven’t learned more till now.
I loved this book. It is as captivating as the best novel and helps fill in those big gaps in our “history education”. A good companion piece is Claud Brown’s ‘Manchild in the Promised Land’ which tells the story of the migration from the view of a “child of the migration” - a son of migrants growing up in 1950’s Harlem.
If only this will inspires others to get out in the country’s rural and small town areas to see and feel the complete culture of America...one can hope.
In retrospect the Oregon Trail video game seems problematic. We were not taught about the great migration but we spent hours of class time on the one state where almost no black people could get to.
Thank you for this review. I have just started reading the book and had to quickly look up a few things to acquaint myself with the history to understand the context.
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In a nutshell, yes, AMAZING! Let me know what you think when the times comes. =)
Chantelle, Hope you enjoyed it as much as I did.
Your honesty was so appealing. Thank you!
Your honesty was so appealing. Thank you!
I'm listening to this book on tape right now and this is what astonishes me: not only did I never hear about The Great Migration in grades school, I took American History in college and didn't hear about it. I learned about it because of the advertising for this book, and now that I'm in the book it's even bigger than I thought I had come to understand.
Albert wrote: "Your honesty was so appealing. Thank you!"Thank you for your note, Albert. The book was seriously mind blowing for me.
loafingcactus wrote: "I'm listening to this book on tape right now and this is what astonishes me: not only did I never hear about The Great Migration in grades school, I took American History in college and didn't hear..."Seriously right? My mind was blown on multiple levels. I shudder to think about what else our history teachers/professors left out.
Another migration was the Trail of Tears - only it was a forced migration.
Thank you. Some of my friends were discussing this book very positively. Your review made me even more eager to read it.
I knew of this, but never by name!!! So crazy, I’m so satisfied with the writing and learning from this book. I feel crazy for not noticing that I haven’t learned more till now.
I loved this book. It is as captivating as the best novel and helps fill in those big gaps in our “history education”. A good companion piece is Claud Brown’s ‘Manchild in the Promised Land’ which tells the story of the migration from the view of a “child of the migration” - a son of migrants growing up in 1950’s Harlem.
If only this will inspires others to get out in the country’s rural and small town areas to see and feel the complete culture of America...one can hope.
In retrospect the Oregon Trail video game seems problematic. We were not taught about the great migration but we spent hours of class time on the one state where almost no black people could get to.
Thank you for this review. I have just started reading the book and had to quickly look up a few things to acquaint myself with the history to understand the context.
