Sandweiss, Martha A.
Passing strange : a Gilded Age tale of love and deception across the color line / Martha A. Sandweiss. - New York : Penguin Press, 2009. - 370 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-358) and index.
Relates the story of Clarence King, a geologist who fell in love with an African-American woman and in order to avoid being charged with miscegenation lied to her, claiming he was an African-American railroad worker and eventually marrying her, but continued his professional life as Clarence King without her knowing.
Adult Follett Library Resources
9781594202001 (trade) 1594202001
2008034886
King, Clarence, 1842-1901.
King, Ada, 1860-1964.
King, Clarence, 1842-1901 --Marriage.
King, Clarence, 1842-1901.
King, Ada, 1860-1964.
African Americans--Race identity--Case studies.
Passing (Identity)--United States--Case studies.
Married people--United States--Case studies.
Deception--United States--Case studies.
African American women--Biography.
African Americans--Race identity--Case studies.
Identity (Psychology)--Case studies.
Married people--United States--Case studies.
Deception--Case studies.
African American women--Biography.
United States--Race relations--History--19th century.
New York (N.Y.)--Biography.
United States--Race relations--History.
New York (N.Y.)--Biography.
E185.625 / .S255 2009
305.896/073
Passing strange : a Gilded Age tale of love and deception across the color line / Martha A. Sandweiss. - New York : Penguin Press, 2009. - 370 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-358) and index.
Relates the story of Clarence King, a geologist who fell in love with an African-American woman and in order to avoid being charged with miscegenation lied to her, claiming he was an African-American railroad worker and eventually marrying her, but continued his professional life as Clarence King without her knowing.
Adult Follett Library Resources
9781594202001 (trade) 1594202001
2008034886
King, Clarence, 1842-1901.
King, Ada, 1860-1964.
King, Clarence, 1842-1901 --Marriage.
King, Clarence, 1842-1901.
King, Ada, 1860-1964.
African Americans--Race identity--Case studies.
Passing (Identity)--United States--Case studies.
Married people--United States--Case studies.
Deception--United States--Case studies.
African American women--Biography.
African Americans--Race identity--Case studies.
Identity (Psychology)--Case studies.
Married people--United States--Case studies.
Deception--Case studies.
African American women--Biography.
United States--Race relations--History--19th century.
New York (N.Y.)--Biography.
United States--Race relations--History.
New York (N.Y.)--Biography.
E185.625 / .S255 2009
305.896/073