Featuring the book by theodore rosengarten, all gods dangers. The life of nate shaw taken from a pbs segment, jim crow stories. All gods dangers chronicles the remembrances and philosophy of an alabama sharecropper and has been adapted into a dramatic monologue, which has toured the country. A must read, this subtle and delicate piece of storytelling seeps into you, working its magic until the end. The life of nate shaw serves as nates autobiography. The life of nate shaw 0394722450 by rosengarten, theodore.
All gods dangers the life of nate shaw theodore rosengarten. At the age of fortyseven, he faced down a crowd of white deputies who had come to confiscate a neighbours livestock. This copy is stated the first vintage edition 1984. It was published by university of chicago press and has a total of 600 pages in the book. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read all god s dangers. Rosengarten is listed as the author but is the transcriber of nate shaws autobiography. View all online retailers find local retailers the extraordinary autobiography of a black sharecropper from rural alabama covering the period from reconstruction to the civil rights movement is a classic work of literature and history. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Nate was born into a bondage that was only a little gentler.
All gods dangers part 1 of 2 by theodore rosengarten. There are only a few american autobiographies of surpassing greatness now there is another one, nate. Based on four years of interviews, the book narrates the life of illiterate africanamerican sharecropper nate shaw real name ned cobb in nates own words. Nate shaw was born into a bondage that was only a little gentler.
The life of nate shaw, an oral history of an illiterate black alabama. The life of nate shaw is a 1974 work of oral history by american historian theodore rosengarten. The book won the 1974 national book award for nonfiction, beating out all the presidents men, studs terkels working, and zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance. Discount prices on books by theodore rosengarten, including titles like all god s dangers. Unable to record his own narrative, nate delighted rosengarten through dozens of interviews, laying out his life for future publication. This triumphant autobiography, all gods dangers, assembled from the eightyfouryearold shaws oral reminiscences, is the plainspoken story of an over average man who witnessed momentous changes in the lives of southern people, black and white, and whose unassuming courage helped bring those changes about. The life of nate shaw, an oral history of an illiterate black alabama sharecropper. All gods dangers, a sharecroppers story that won a national book award. All gods dangers won the national book award in 1975. I wish i could say that, this early spring, i read all gods dangers in one sitting. The life of nate shaw by theodore rosengarten and nate shaw 2000, paperback, reprint at the best online prices at ebay. Theodore rosengarten, the student, had found a black homer, bursting with his. All gods dangers by theodore rosengarten penguin books.
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Its author, the man who compiled it from extensive interviews, was a writer named theodore rosengarten. Theodore rosengarten, the student, had found a black homer, bursting with his black odyssey and able to tell it. All gods dangers, a forgotten autobiography the new york times. The life of nate shaw 9780226727745 by rosengarten, theodore and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books. Yet the winner in general nonfiction the category was then called contemporary affairs was all gods dangers. It said that when customers at square books, the great independent bookstore in oxford, miss. All gods dangers audiobook by theodore rosengarten. Buy all god s dangers 2 by theodore rosengarten isbn. The book won the 1974 national book award for nonfiction, beating out all the presidents men. The life of nate shaw stands as a larger history of the life of a black tenant farmer raising cotton in jim crow alabama. Part one of two parts ive had my eyes open and my ears. At the age of fortyseven, he faced down a crowd of white deputies who had come to confiscate a neighbors crop. The critical praise for all gods dangers has focused on nate shaw as a heroic.
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