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Black Bottom saints : a novel / Alice Randall.
"In the black-owned-and-operated Kirkwood Hospital, Joseph 'Ziggy' Johnson reflects on his life. From the Great Depression through the post-World War II years, Ziggy had been the pulse of Detroit's famous Black Bottom. A celebrated gossip columnist for the city's African-American newspaper, the Michigan Chronicle, he was also the emcee of one of the hottest night clubs, where he rubbed elbows with the legendary black artists of the era. In his hospital bed, Ziggy curates his own list of Black Bottom's venerable '52 Saints', local heroes whose unstoppable ambition, love of style, and faith in community made this black Midwestern neighborhood the rival of New York City's Harlem."--Provided by publisher.
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- ISBN: 9780062968623 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 0062968629 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 361 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2020]
- Copyright: ©2020
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Covington Branch | RANDA A (Text) | 33126020021014 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
- Library Journal Reviews : LJ Reviews 2020 March
An accomplished songwriter (e.g., "XXX's and OOO's"), NAACP award winner for
Copyright 2020 Library Journal.Soul Food Love , and Phillis Wheatley Award winner for her YA literature, Randall also writes adult fiction, including the myth-challengingThe Wind Done Gone . Here, as erstwhile nightclub emcee and gossip columnist Joseph "Ziggy" Johnson lies dying, he decides to compile a book of 52 saints (e.g., Dinah Washington, Joe Louis) he knew from Detroit's Black Bottom during the Great Depression to post-World War II years.