Readers Digest, February 2009
Great New Books of February 2009
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History
Her husband was not black. He was not from the West Indies. He was not a steelworker. Even his name, James Todd, was a lie. Ada Todd was in fact married to Clarence King, an acclaimed public figure and the person Secretary of State John Hay once called "the best and brightest man of his generation." … [But] not until he lay dying of tuberculosis in Phoenix in late 1901 … did James Todd write a letter to his wife telling her who he really was.
--Passing Strange: a gilded age tale of love and deception across the color line by Martha A. Sandweiss (Penguin Press, $27.95)
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1 comment:
Fascinating -- history, that is. This story is intriguing. The timing is impeccable. I can't wait to read the book!
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