{"product_id":"the-warmth-of-other-suns-9780141995151","title":"The Warmth of Other Suns : The Epic Story of America's Great Migration","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the winner of the Pulitzer Prize, this is one of the great untold stories of American history: the migration of black citizens who fled the south and went north in search of a better life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom 1915 to 1970, an exodus of almost six million people would change the face of America. With stunning historical detail, Pulitzer prize-winning journalist Isabel Wilkerson gives us this definitive, vividly dramatic account of how these journeys unfolded.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on interviews with more than a thousand people, and access to new data and official records, The Warmth of Other Suns tells the story of America's Great Migration through the lives of three unique individuals: Ida Mae Gladney, who in 1937 left sharecropping and prejudice in Mississippi for Chicago, where she achieved quiet blue-collar success and, in old age, voted for Barack Obama when he ran for an Illinois Senate seat; sharp and quick-tempered George Starling, who in 1945 fled Florida for Harlem, where he endangered his job fighting for civil rights, saw his family fall, and finally found peace in God; and Robert Foster, who left Louisiana in 1953 to pursue a medical career, the personal physician to Ray Charles as part of a glitteringly successful medical career.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilkerson brilliantly captures their first treacherous and exhausting cross-country journeys, as well as how they changed their new homes forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Isabel Wilkerson\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eUSA, 20th century, Biography: historical, political \u0026amp; military, History of the Americas, 20th century history: c 1900  to c 2000, Social \u0026amp; cultural history, Migration, immigration \u0026amp; emigration, Civil rights \u0026amp; citizenship\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 4 Aug 2020 by Penguin Books Ltd.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Isabel Wilkerson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57319769145722,"sku":"9780141995151","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0373\/4125\/files\/9780141995151.jpg?v=1790634238","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.co.uk\/ar\/products\/the-warmth-of-other-suns-9780141995151","provider":"Belfast Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}