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McBride, James, 1957-

The color of water : a Black man's tribute to his white mother / James McBride - 1st Riverhead trade pbk. 10th anniversary ed - New York : Riverhead Books, 2006 - xix, 328 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Originally published: 1997

Dead -- The bicycle -- Kosher -- Black power -- The Old Testament -- The New Testament -- Sam -- Brothers and sisters -- Shul -- School -- Boys -- Daddy -- New York -- Chicken man -- Graduation -- Driving -- Lost in Harlem -- Lost in Delaware -- The promise -- Old man Shilsky -- A bird who flies -- A Jew discovered -- Dennis -- New brown -- Finding Ruthie

An African American man describes life as the son of a white mother and Black father, reflecting on his mother's contributions to his life and his confusion over his own identity

ISBN: 159448192X 9781594481925

LCCN: 2006279933

Subjects--Personal Names:
McBride-Jordan, Ruth, 1921-2010
McBride, James, 1957-

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Racially mixed people--New York (State)--New York--Biography
Mothers--New York (State)--New York--Biography
Whites--New York (State)--New York--Biography
Racially mixed people--Race identity

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
New York (N.Y.)--Biography

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Biography.

LC Class. No.: F128.9.N4 / M328 2006

Dewey Class. No.: 974.7/100496073/0092