"For Ta-Nehisi Coates, history has always been personal. At every stage of his life, he's sought in his explorations of history answers to the mysteries that surrounded him -- most urgently, why he, and other black people he knew, seemed to live in fear. What were they afraid of? In Tremble for My Country, Coates takes readers along on his journey through America's history of race and its contemporary resonances through a series of awakenings -- moments when he discovered some new truth about our long, tangled history of ...
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"For Ta-Nehisi Coates, history has always been personal. At every stage of his life, he's sought in his explorations of history answers to the mysteries that surrounded him -- most urgently, why he, and other black people he knew, seemed to live in fear. What were they afraid of? In Tremble for My Country, Coates takes readers along on his journey through America's history of race and its contemporary resonances through a series of awakenings -- moments when he discovered some new truth about our long, tangled history of race, whether through his myth-busting professors at Howard University, a trip to a Civil War battlefield with a rogue historian, a journey to Chicago's South Side to visit aging survivors of 20th century America's 'long war on black people,' or a visit with the mother of a beloved friend who was shot down by the police. In his trademark style -- a mix of lyrical personal narrative, reimagined history, essayistic argument, and reportage -- Coates provides readers a thrillingly illuminating new framework for understanding race: its history, our contemporary dilemma, and where we go from here"
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Fine in fine dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 176 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. First edition, first printing with full number line ending with a "1", in unclipped first state dust jacket showing the original price of $24 and with only Toni Morrison quote to front cover and her blurb to rear cover with no mention of the New York Times. Small neat previous owner's name to top corner of first blank, no other markings in original dust jacket with minor edgewear. A contemporary classic that has now been published dozens of times, uncommon in the first printing.
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Fine in fine dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 176 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. First edition, first printing, with full number line of Coates' breakthrough best seller that has now gone through dozens of printings and went on to win both the National Book Award and the Kirkus Prize for nonfiction. A fine clean tight copy with neat previous owner's name to front free endpage in equally fine unclipped first state dust jacket that has neither the NYT Bestseller line nor the National Book Award notation or sticker. Now uncommon in this, the true first edition.
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Fine in Fine jacket. Book. Signed by Author(s) SIGNED by Ta-Nehisi Coates (name only) on the title page. First Edition, later printing. Fine contents, binding and unclipped dust jacket. The publisher's "Autographed Copy" sticker is on the front cover. A beautiful copy. Appears unread.
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Fine in Good jacket. Book Smaller, sturdy book, black covers, gilt lettering bright on spine, 152 pages with a few photographs. DJ glossy gray background, black and red quotation from Toni Morrison on front and back too. DJ has light wear at spine top with nicks. Near Very Good DJ/Very Fine book.
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Fine in Fine dust jacket. 9780812993547. 8vo 8"-9" tall; 152 pages; [SIGNED] 2015 Spegel & Grau. HC/DJ. Signed by Coates on the title page. A Very Fine copy. Unread, tight and exceedingly neat in immaculate dust jacket. As new; without flaw and very fine in all respects. Winner of the National Book Award.
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Fine in Fine jacket. Book. Signed by Author(s) Fine Copy In Like Jacket. First Edition/First Printing. $24.00 On Flap. Signed On The Title-Page By The Author. Beautiful Copy.
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Nina Subin (Author photograph) Very good in Very good jacket. The format is approximately 5.125 inches by 7.5 inches. [12], 152, [12] pages. Illustrations. Inscribed by the author on the half-title page. Inscription reads To Daniel Telson T. Coates 9/8/15. Ta-Nehisi Paul Coates (born September 30, 1975) is an American author, journalist, and activist. He gained a wide readership during his time as national correspondent at The Atlantic, where he wrote about cultural, social, and political issues, particularly regarding African Americans and white supremacy. Coates has worked for The Village Voice, Washington City Paper, and Time. He has contributed to The New York Times Magazine, The Washington Post, The Washington Monthly, O, and other publications. He has published three non-fiction books: The Beautiful Struggle, Between the World and Me, and We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy. Between the World and Me won the 2015 National Book Award for Nonfiction. He has also written a Black Panther series and a Captain America series for Marvel Comics. His first novel, The Water Dancer, was published in 2019. In 2015 he received a Genius Grant from the MacArthur Foundation. Coates said that one of the origins of the book was the death of a college friend, Prince Carmen Jones Jr., who was shot by police in a case of mistaken identity. One of the themes of the book was what physically affected African-American lives, such as their bodies being enslaved, violence that came from slavery, and various forms of institutional racism. The book was ranked 7th on The Guardian's list of the 100 best books of the 21st century. #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER · NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER · NAMED ONE OF TIME'S TEN BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE DECADE · PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST · NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST. Hailed by Toni Morrison as required reading, a bold and personal literary exploration of America's racial history by the most important essayist in a generation and a writer who changed the national political conversation about race (Rolling Stone). NAMED ONE OF PASTE'S BEST MEMOIRS OF THE DECADE · NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review · O: The Oprah Magazine · The Washington Post · People · Entertainment Weekly · Vogue · Los Angeles Times · San Francisco Chronicle · Chicago Tribune · New York · Newsday · Library Journal · Publishers Weekly. In a profound work that pivots from the biggest questions about American history and ideals to the most intimate concerns of a father for his son, Ta-Nehisi Coates offers a powerful new framework for understanding our nation's history and current crisis. Americans have built an empire on the idea of race, a falsehood that damages us all but falls most heavily on the bodies of black women and men, bodies exploited through slavery and segregation, and, today, threatened, locked up, and murdered out of all proportion. What is it like to inhabit a black body and find a way to live within it? And how can we all honestly reckon with this fraught history and free ourselves from its burden? Between the World and Me is Ta-Nehisi Coates's attempt to answer these questions in a letter to his adolescent son. Coates shares with his son, and readers, the story of his awakening to the truth about his place in the world through a series of revelatory experiences, from Howard University to Civil War battlefields, from the South Side of Chicago to Paris, from his childhood home to the living rooms of mothers whose children's lives were taken as American plunder. Beautifully woven from personal narrative, reimagined history, and fresh, emotionally charged reportage, Between the World and Me clearly illuminates the past, bracingly confronts our present, and offers a transcendent vision for a way forward.
I am 76 and have never before been exposed to what it is like to grow up black, especially grow up as a black male. This is an eye opener. Short, punchy, specific and very well written. I gave it as a Christmas present to my grown children. Coates writes it as a letter to his son. I have started to reread my copy. Buy now. Read it. Give it as a gift.