- Daisy’s Extemporaneous Poem about the Black Doll
- Sally Turner’s poem to Daisy as she was leaving home for Boston
- The Mad Bull
- Violet’s Farewell to her Father
- Violet’s poem to her future husband, George Hall
- Zebbe’s Farewell to her mother
- KEN BURNS, filmaker - KEN BURNS, filmaker - Ronne Hartfield, author of Another Way Home: The Tangled Roots of Race in One Chicago Family - Ronne Hartfield, author of Another Way Home: The Tangled Roots of Race in One Chicago Family - Booklist - Booklist -W. Ralph Eubanks, author of The House at the End of the Road: The Story of Three Generations of an Interracial Family in the American South -W. Ralph Eubanks, author of The House at the End of the Road: The Story of Three Generations of an Interracial Family in the American South - Debora Kodish, founder and former director of the Philadelphia Folklore Project - Debora Kodish, founder and former director of the Philadelphia Folklore Project - Publisher's Weekly - Publisher's WeeklyWhat an engaging and powerful story!
Required reading for anyone who wants to understand American history
An astonishing saga of a single African American family
An impeccable job of verifying the memories of Daisy Turner
A powerful vindication and thoughtful explication of the power and persistence of an oral tradition
A marvel of scholarly storytelling