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James McBride (born September 11, 1957) [1] is an American writer and musician. ... (1995), describes his family history and his relationship with his mother. [3]
The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother, is the autobiography and memoir of James McBride first published in 1995; it is also a tribute to his mother, whom he calls Mommy, or Ma. The chapters alternate between James McBride's descriptions of his early life and first-person accounts of his mother Ruth's life, mostly taking ...
James McBride (1788–1859) was a prominent pioneer statesman in Butler County, Ohio.He was Hamilton's first Mayor, and a prominent State Representative associated with the canals, archaeologist who supplied a considerable number of sketches of earthworks for early texts on the Mississippi Valley, Ohio's leading pioneer author and antiquarian, Miami University Secretary and President of the ...
“The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store,” James McBride’s tour de force of a new novel, opens in 1972, when authorities discover a human skeleton and mezuzah at the bottom of a well in the small ...
NEW YORK (AP) — The Library of Congress has awarded a lifetime achievement prize to James McBride, whose acclaimed novels include “The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store,” “Deacon King Kong ...
McBride was born Jimmy Ray McBride in Huntsville, Alabama on April 28, 1947. [1] [9] His parents were James Alvin and Helen Hillis McBride. [10] His grandfather was a sharecropper in Alabama. [10] McBride grew up listening to country music on WBHP with his mother. [1] [10] On Saturday nights, his entire family listened to the Grand Ole Opry. [10]
McBride’s new novel is set in an eclectic Pennsylvania town in the 1930s NEW YORK (AP) — Three books that […] The post James McBride wins $50,000 Kirkus Prize for fiction for ‘The Heaven ...
McBride was born near St. Louis, Missouri in 1832, the son of James McBride. [1] In 1851, he moved with his family to Lafayette, Oregon, where he became the superintendent of schools at the age of 22. [1] He studied law and after being admitted to the bar in 1855, he began a law practice in Lafayette. [1]