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Killers of the Dream by Smith, Lillian (Lillian Eugenia), 1897-1966 is a book available to read on EtoBox.

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256 pages 22 cm, In this autobiographical work, the author draws on memories of her childhood to describe the psychological costs of the contradictory rules in Southern Society about sin, sex and segregation. She cites the evils of segregation for both white and colored people and gives the history of race relations from pre-Civil War days, Part I. The dreamers. When I was a child; Custom and conscience; Unto the third and fourth generation; The stolen future -- Part II. The white man's burden in his own childhood. The lessons; Trembling earth; Three ghost stories; The women -- Part III. Giants in the earth. Distance and darkness; Two men and a bargain; Tobacco Road is a long journey; Southern waste -- Part IV. The dream and its killers. Man against the past; We are tall enough for men

Author

Smith, Lillian (Lillian Eugenia), 1897-1966

Publisher

New York, W.W. Norton

Published

1949

Language

EN

Subjects

Travel, Children'S, History

Rating

4.03 / 5 (289 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14