{"product_id":"nobody-said-amen-paperback","title":"Nobody Said Amen - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTracy Sugarman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e(Published as a Morris Jesup Book in association with the Westport Library, Westport, Connecticut)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten by an intimate participant in the turbulent civil rights movement in Mississippi, \u003ci\u003eNobody Said Amen\u003c\/i\u003e tells the stories of two families' lives, one white, one black, as they navigate the challenging, tilting landscape created by the coming of \"outside agitators\" and social change to the Mississippi Delta in the 1960s. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOwner of a great plantation, Luke Claybourne is a product of Southern attitudes, a decent man who feels responsible for the black families who make his plantation run, but who is loathe to accept the changes necessary for its survival. When he loses his plantation, his entire world is shattered. Led by his wife, Willy, and their friendship with a Northern journalist, Luke is forced to come to terms with a new way of life in the post--Civil Rights era South. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMeanwhile, Jimmy Mack, a young black Mississippian leading a group of students who have come to Shiloh to help blacks gain the right to vote, has become a target of the Klan--savagely beaten while in jail and threatened with a burning cross. His love affair with Eula, a Claybourne employee, highlights the tensions and hazards of trying to love in the shadow of a racist world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRich with a colorful roster of the people in Shiloh, \u003ci\u003eNobody Said Amen\u003c\/i\u003e tells a triumphant American tale.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTracy Sugarman was a professional illustrator and commercial artist. He provided the illustrations for hundreds of magazines, books, and records, and was the author of four nonfiction books, including \u003ci\u003eMy War: A Love Story in Letters and Drawings\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eStranger at the Gates: A Summer in Mississippi\u003c\/i\u003e his nonfiction account of accompanying the Freedom Riders in Mississippi in 1964 and 1965.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 292\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47266603106553,"sku":"9781935212959","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/fU8ni1DW3s9781935212959.webp?v=1768852208","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/nobody-said-amen-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}