{"product_id":"families-and-freedom-ira-berlin-9781565844407","title":"Families and Freedom: A Documentary History of African-American Kinship in the Civil War Era","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eA sequel to the award-winning\u003cem\u003e Free at Last \u003c\/em\u003ethat includes moving letters from freed enslaved people to their families\u003c\/strong\u003e Drawn from the work of award-winning Freedmen and Southern Society Project at the University of Maryland, \u003cem\u003eFamilies and Freedom \u003c\/em\u003etells the story of the remaking of the black family during the tumultuous years of the Civil War era. Through the dramatic and moving letters and testimony of freed enslaved persons, the documents in \u003cem\u003eFamilies and Freedom \u003c\/em\u003eprovide deep insight into the most intimate aspects of the transformation of captives to free people. This book is the sequel to the 1994 Lincoln Prize winner \u003cem\u003eFree at Last\u003c\/em\u003e, which was described in the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003eas \"this generation's most significant encounter with the American past.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ira Berlin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1565844408\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781565844407\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.32h x 6.14w x 0.75d","brand":"Ira Berlin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43939665903871,"sku":"9781565844407","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_56324130-a028-4c3c-b705-0dca54e1aace.jpg?v=1681442805","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/families-and-freedom-ira-berlin-9781565844407","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}