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Passing strange tells the dramatic tale of a family built along the fault lines of celebrity, class, and race from the todds wedding in 1888 to the 1964 death of ada, one of the last surviving americans born into slavery, and finally to the legacy inherited by clarence kings granddaughter, who married a white man and adopted a white child. Sandweiss wrote this book to shed light on clarence kings marriage to a black woman at the end of the. Sandweiss penguin press, feb 05, 2009 african american literature book club celebrating our literary legacy since 1997 black literature is for everyone african american literature book club. Sandweiss is a historian and professor of history at princeton, with a focus on public history and the american west. It exposes the bizarre secret life of a wellknown historical figure, but that secret is its. A gilded age tale of love and deception across the color line penguin press. Sandweiss read in passing that clarence king a caucasian male famous in the 19th century as a surveyor of the vast frontier and a.
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