Bull City Survivor: Standing Up to a Hard Life in a Southern City

by Simon Partner and Emma Johnston

Emma Johnston (a pseudonym) is an African American resident of Durham, North Carolina, whose son was brutally murdered in 2007. Combining the voices of Emma and her coauthor Simon Partner, a professor at Duke University, the book recounts the postwar history of one of the South's fastest-growing communities through the eyes of one of its most disadvantaged residents. In the process, the book attempts to shed light on the social and economic conditions...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786474475
• ISBN13: 9780786474479
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher