Strivers Row - (City of Fire Trilogy) by Kevin Baker (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>The riveting final installment in the acclaimed trilogy is set in Harlem during the summer of 1943. A chance encounter between Malcolm Little (later known as Malcolm X) and The Reverend Jonah Dove will change their lives, and eventually America itself.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>The Rev. Jonah Dove is the son of a legendary Harlem minister, and a man troubled in both mind and spirit. He feels himself unworthy and incapable of taking up the burden of running his church from the larger-than-life figure who is his father. He is haunted both by his own, shameful history of passing as a white man in college, and by the prospects for his people in the harsh, new, racist age he fears the world is entering. Malcolm Little -- better known as Malcom X -- is a teenage hustler from Lansing, Michigan by way of Boston, a young man on the make, trying always to be something bigger, tougher, savvier, and more confident than he really is. </p><p> On his way to New York, Malcolm happens to come to the rescue of Jonah and his wife, Amanda, when they are attacked by some drunken soldiers on the train. From then on, their paths cross repeatedly as they each go about trying to find what they really want out of the roiling, wartime city, until the moment when Harlem finally erupts around them, as a people driven beyond endurance strikes out blindly at all the forces keeping it entrapped in misery and hopelessness. Stranded on the streets of a rioting city, Jonah and Malcolm meet each other once more, as they come to grips with what they are and what the future will hold for them.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"Ambitious [and] well-researched."--<em>USA Today</em><br><br>"Ambitious, at times transcendent .... brings to vibrant life a notable chapter in New York City history."--<em>Entertainment Weekly</em><br><br>"An ambitious, cinematic tale...Kevin Baker is a rare talent."--<em>Boston Globe</em><br><br>"Nobody makes historical fiction burn like Kevin Baker."--<em>Washington Post</em><br><br>"Baker plunges audaciously into the world of Harlem in the early 1940's ... fresh and new."--<em>New York Times Book Review</em><br><br>"Daring ... [Baker is] the best writer of historical fiction currently practicing."--<em>Los Angeles Times</em><br><br>"A grand historical drama ... captivating ... the novel comes fully alive, rife with possibilities."--Atlanta Journal-Constitution<br><br>"Genius ... sprawling, chaotic, noisy and intriguing as its setting, New York City."--Pittsburgh Tribune-Review<br><br>"Kevin Baker, the lit world's sharpest chronicler of New York's past, scores again."--Rolling Stone<br><br>"Transporting ... Baker's evocation of old Harlem is intoxicating and jampacked with colorful details."--Washington Post MediaMix<br>
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