Daisy Turner's Kin: An African American Family Saga

by Jane C. Beck

Book Overview

A daughter of freed African American slaves, Daisy Turner became a living repository of history. The family narrative entrusted to her--"a well-polished artifact, an heirloom that had been carefully preserved"--began among the Yoruba in West Africa and continued with her own century and more of life.

In 1983, folklorist Jane Beck began a series of interviews with Turner, then one hundred years old and still relating four generations of oral...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252080793
• ISBN13: 9780252080791
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.2"