{"product_id":"ocoee-myra-kinnie-9781938842344","title":"Ocoee!","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOcoee \u003c\/em\u003e is a powerful coming-of-age story that bears witness to an event that occurred in a small town near Orlando, Florida during the 1920 Presidential election. In response to African Americans attempting to exercise their right to vote, a mob of white supremacists and Ku Klux Klan members went on a rampage through a black neighborhood, killing a number of people and burning many homes. The survivors, nearly 500 of them, fled, never to return. For more than 60 years, Ocoee became a white-only town.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis fictionalized account chronicles the massacre and the events surrounding it as seen through the eyes of a spirited, young white girl, Georgia Kambel. Her diary brings to life the community and the many people involved. Her great granddaughter, Cassie, who is writing a thesis about what happened, supplements the entries with her own research, connecting the distant past to our times. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat emerges is a poignant tale, filled with love, laughter, anger, violence, heartbreak, tears, and painful realizations about the deep divide of racial relations in the rural South nearly a century ago. But \u003cem\u003eOcoee \u003c\/em\u003e doesn't merely document a distressing chapter of American history. Ultimately, it is about the power of forgiveness, understanding and healing that points toward the possibility of a better future for all of us today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Myra Kinnie, Gail Waxman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1938842340\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781938842344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bardolf \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.56lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.39d","brand":"Myra Kinnie","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43983877406975,"sku":"9781938842344","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3ed605a4-cf94-4e95-9efe-4181741bb45b.jpg?v=1683269238","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ocoee-myra-kinnie-9781938842344","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}