Blue as the Lake: A Personal Geography
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Book Overview
Maps out an African-American landscape unusual in American literature. From Idlewild, the black resort on Lake Michigan where he holidayed as a child with his grandparents, to Oak Bluffs on Martha's... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:080700944X
ISBN13:9780807009444
Release Date:January 1998
Publisher:Beacon Press (MA)
Length:209 Pages
Weight:0.96 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 5.9" x 8.6"
Customer Reviews
2 ratings
Wonderful, Eloquent, Funny
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
Bob Stepto, a professor at Yale University, recalls his early youth growing up in Chicago and spending summers at a nearby lake community. He weaves his stories of the lake, school, his family and his African American community into a seamless tapestry filled with humor and warmth. Stepto is a great story teller. Don't miss it.
Charmed
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
When I began the book, I knew the author was a sophisticated man, a professor at Yale. As I read, I discovered the depth of his observations of his life. I was awed by his understanding of what was going on around him and his wonderful way of expressing it.What could have been just another light little book became both easy reading and deep. It exposed something of the author's soul without being maudlin or trying to find meaning that was not there.I enjoyed the book so much, I read it again immediately to find the parts I missed the first time.
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