Martha Sandweiss discusses and signs Passing Strange: A Gilded Age Tale of Love and Deception Across the Color Line

02/15/2009 5:00 pm
Location: 
Street:
Vroman's Bookstore
Additional:
695 E. Colorado Blvd
City:
Pasadena
,
Province:
California
Postal Code:
91101
Country:
United States

Martha SandweissPassing Strange is the story of a brilliant man who lived a double life, one as celebrated white explorer, geologist and writer Clarence King, and the other as black Pullman porter and steel worker James Todd. It was a secret he only revealed on his deathbed. Sandweiss explores the story and complexities of this man and his family.

 

$27.95
ISBN-13: 9781594202001
Availability: Special Order - Subject to Availability
Published: Penguin Press HC, The, 2/2009