Black Bottom saints : a novel
(Book)
Author
Published
New York, NY : Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2020].
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Status
Port Angeles - Fiction (Adult)
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Subjects
LC Subjects
African American artists -- Fiction.
African American celebrities -- Fiction.
African Americans -- Fiction.
African Americans -- Michigan -- Detroit -- History -- Fiction.
African Americans in the newspaper industry -- Fiction.
Black Bottom (Detroit, Mich.) -- Fiction.
Detroit (Mich.) -- Fiction.
Gossip columnists -- Fiction.
Neighborhood -- Fiction.
Reminiscing in old age -- Fiction.
African American celebrities -- Fiction.
African Americans -- Fiction.
African Americans -- Michigan -- Detroit -- History -- Fiction.
African Americans in the newspaper industry -- Fiction.
Black Bottom (Detroit, Mich.) -- Fiction.
Detroit (Mich.) -- Fiction.
Gossip columnists -- Fiction.
Neighborhood -- Fiction.
Reminiscing in old age -- Fiction.
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Published
New York, NY : Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2020].
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
361 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Notes
Description
"In the black-owned-and-operated Kirkwood Hospital, Joseph 'Ziggy' Johnson reflects on his life. From the Great Depression through the post-World War II years, Ziggy had been the pulse of Detroit's famous Black Bottom. A celebrated gossip columnist for the city's African-American newspaper, the Michigan Chronicle, he was also the emcee of one of the hottest night clubs, where he rubbed elbows with the legendary black artists of the era. In his hospital bed, Ziggy curates his own list of Black Bottom's venerable '52 Saints', local heroes whose unstoppable ambition, love of style, and faith in community made this black Midwestern neighborhood the rival of New York City's Harlem"--,Provided by publisher.