Product Information
An orphaned white boy and an eccentric black man forge an unlikely friendship in the segregated world of 1950s Alabama. The boy, John, whose beloved mother has died, now faces a loveless future with his alcoholic uncle on a sharecropper's farm in the Alabama Black Belt -- an abusive life he soon dreams of escaping. The black man, Tuway, works by day in the town bank. By night, he helps other blacks escape the poverty of the rural South to find a new life in Chicago. As he negotiates the schism between black and white cultures, Tuway is forced to include a desperate John into his double life. In a bid to change their lives -- and help others in need -- Tuway and John take on the threats and challenges that foreshadow the great civil rights upheaval of the 1960s.Product Identifiers
PublisherHachette Audio
ISBN-101570429863
ISBN-139781570429866
eBay Product ID (ePID)1794466
Product Key Features
Publication Year2001
TopicGeneral, Historical
Book TitleOut of the Night That Covers Me
LanguageEnglish
GenreFiction
AuthorPat Cunningham Devoto
Dimensions
Item Height1in
Item Length6.8in
Item Weight5.5 Oz
Item Width4in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal813/.54
Edition DescriptionAbridged Edition