The Sweet Hell Inside: The Rise of an Elite Black Family in the Segregated South

From National Book Award winner Edward Ball comes The Sweet Hell Inside, the story of the fascinating...
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The Sweet Hell Inside: The Rise of an Elite Black Family in the Segregated South by Ball, Edward

The Sweet Hell Inside: The Rise of an Elite Black Family in the Segregated South

$60.38

The Sweet Hell Inside: The Rise of an Elite Black Family in the Segregated South

$60.38
Author: Edward Ball
Format: Paperback
Language: English

From National Book Award winner Edward Ball comes The Sweet Hell Inside, the story of the fascinating Harleston family of South Carolina, the progeny of a Southern gentleman and his slave, who cast off their blemished roots and prospered despite racial barriers. Enhanced by recollections from the family's archivist, eighty-four-year-old Edwina Harleston Whitlock -- whose bloodline the author shares. The Sweet Hell Inside features a celebrated portrait artist whose subjects included industrialist Pierre du Pont; a black classical composer in the Lost Generation of 1920s Paris; and an orphanage founder who created the famous Jenkins Orphanage Band, a definitive force in the development of ragtime and jazz.

With evocative and engrossing storytelling, Edward Ball introduces a cast of historical characters rarely seen before: cultured, vain, imperfect, rich, and black -- a family of eccentrics who defied social convention and flourished.

Author: Edward Ball
Publisher: William Morrow & Company
Published: 11/05/2002
Pages: 432
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.77lbs
Size: 7.99h x 5.32w x 1.07d
ISBN: 9780060505905


Review Citation(s):
Commonweal 06/20/2003 pg. 26

About the Author
Ball, Edward: -

Edward Ball was born in Georgia, raised in the South, and worked in New York as an art critic. His first book, Slaves in the Family, told the story of his search for the descendants of his ancestors' slaves. He lives in Charleston, South Carolina, with his wife, Elizabeth.

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