{"product_id":"sams-book-david-ray-9780819561800","title":"Sam's Book: The Debate on Afro-American Character and Destiny, 1817-1914","description":"When Sam Ray was killed at nineteen in an accident, his father began writing poetry dedicated to his memory. Sam's Book is a collection of these elegies and other poems written during Sam's lifetime. \"How should I mourn?\" Ray asks. By recalling poignant events from the past he transcends his grief. He remembers Sam's first bath, a \"holy\/Rite\"; tying the shoelaces of the \"little man\"; traveling to Greece, where Sam is \"the first...\/to see the holy moon.\" With painful wit and regret he summons up the image of his son's blue Toyota, fastidiously transformed by Sam and his girlfriend into a \"love nest.\" Ray muses on what he taught Sam and what Sam taught him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Ray\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0819561800\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780819561800\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wesleyan University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/1987\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 5.56w x 0.31d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/1987","brand":"David Ray","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44056912986367,"sku":"9780819561800","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d58fee43-479c-4dec-9c5d-17cfa2c3ee09.jpg?v=1685043963","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sams-book-david-ray-9780819561800","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}