Passing strange : a Gilded Age tale of love and deception across the color line
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New York : Penguin Press, c2009.
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370 pages, [8] pages of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Sierra View Library - Adult Nonfiction - Biography Shelf
BIO KING 2009
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Published
New York : Penguin Press, c2009.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-358) and index.
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"Passing Strange" is a uniquely American biography of Clarence King, who hid a secret from his Gilded Age cohorts and prominent family: for 13 years he lived a double life--as the celebrated white explorer, geologist, and writer King and as a black Pullman porter and steelworker named James Todd.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Sandweiss, M. A. (2009). Passing strange: a Gilded Age tale of love and deception across the color line . Penguin Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Sandweiss, Martha A. 2009. Passing Strange: A Gilded Age Tale of Love and Deception Across the Color Line. Penguin Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Sandweiss, Martha A. Passing Strange: A Gilded Age Tale of Love and Deception Across the Color Line Penguin Press, 2009.

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Sandweiss, Martha A. Passing Strange: A Gilded Age Tale of Love and Deception Across the Color Line Penguin Press, 2009.

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