Sandweiss, Martha A. <br/><br/>
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. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-358) and index. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781594202001 (trade) 1594202001 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2008034886 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>King, Clarence, 1842-1901. <br/>King, Ada, 1860-1964. <br/>King, Clarence, 1842-1901 --Marriage.<br/>King, Clarence, 1842-1901. <br/>King, Ada, 1860-1964. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>African Americans--Race identity--Case studies.<br/>Passing (Identity)--United States--Case studies.<br/>Married people--United States--Case studies.<br/>Deception--United States--Case studies.<br/>African American women--Biography.<br/>African Americans--Race identity--Case studies.<br/>Identity (Psychology)--Case studies.<br/>Married people--United States--Case studies.<br/>Deception--Case studies.<br/>African American women--Biography.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Race relations--History--19th century.<br/>New York (N.Y.)--Biography.<br/>United States--Race relations--History.<br/>New York (N.Y.)--Biography.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>E185.625  / .S255 2009 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>305.896/073