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- catalog abstract "This book examines a remarkable collection of twenty-seven letters written by a white working-class woman to her African American lover in 1907 and 1908. Stuffed inside a black lace stocking, the letters were hidden under the floorboards of a house in Northampton, Massachusetts, until their recent discovery. Reflecting the passions and anxieties of the moment, the letters were written by Alice Hanley, the daughter of Irish Catholic immigrants, to Channing Lewis, a cook in Springfield. Since the thoughts and feelings of women like Hanley have usually been filtered through middle-class reformers, her words provide a rare window into a realm of American social life seldom explored by historians. The letters are accompanied by essays that skillfully probe their larger meanings. Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz introduces the letters, placing them in the context of their time, while journalist Phoebe Rolin Mitchell recounts the story of their discovery. Kathy Peiss explores Hanley's life, her negotiation of illicit love, and her desire for respectability, re-creating a dense and textured world of home, church, and town. Historian Louis Wilson unearths the trail left by Lewis and members of his extended family in Springfield. Reviewing the experiences of African Americans in that city, Wilson clarifies the economic, social, and political position of a black, middle-aged breadwinner during the difficult years of the early twentieth century.".
- catalog contributor b9124784.
- catalog contributor b9124785.
- catalog coverage "Massachusetts Social life and customs.".
- catalog created "c1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "c1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1996.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references.".
- catalog description "Introduction / Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz -- The Letters -- Unraveling the Mystery of the Letters / Phoebe Rolin Mitchell -- Love Across the Color Line / Kathy Peiss -- The Springfield of Channing Lewis, A Colored Man / Louis Wilson.".
- catalog description "This book examines a remarkable collection of twenty-seven letters written by a white working-class woman to her African American lover in 1907 and 1908. Stuffed inside a black lace stocking, the letters were hidden under the floorboards of a house in Northampton, Massachusetts, until their recent discovery. Reflecting the passions and anxieties of the moment, the letters were written by Alice Hanley, the daughter of Irish Catholic immigrants, to Channing Lewis, a cook in Springfield. Since the thoughts and feelings of women like Hanley have usually been filtered through middle-class reformers, her words provide a rare window into a realm of American social life seldom explored by historians. The letters are accompanied by essays that skillfully probe their larger meanings. Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz introduces the letters, placing them in the context of their time, while journalist Phoebe Rolin Mitchell recounts the story of their discovery. Kathy Peiss explores Hanley's life, her negotiation of illicit love, and her desire for respectability, re-creating a dense and textured world of home, church, and town. Historian Louis Wilson unearths the trail left by Lewis and members of his extended family in Springfield. Reviewing the experiences of African Americans in that city, Wilson clarifies the economic, social, and political position of a black, middle-aged breadwinner during the difficult years of the early twentieth century.".
- catalog extent "xii, 144 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Love across the color line.".
- catalog identifier "155849023X (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "1558490248 (paper : alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "9780585083650 (electronic bk.)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Love across the color line.".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "c1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press,".
- catalog relation "Love across the color line.".
- catalog spatial "Massachusetts Social life and customs.".
- catalog subject "306.7/092/2 20".
- catalog subject "African American men Biography.".
- catalog subject "HQ801.3 .L68 1996".
- catalog subject "Hanley, Alice Correspondence.".
- catalog subject "Lewis, Channing Correspondence.".
- catalog subject "Love-letters.".
- catalog subject "Man-woman relationships.".
- catalog subject "Women, White Biography.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction / Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz -- The Letters -- Unraveling the Mystery of the Letters / Phoebe Rolin Mitchell -- Love Across the Color Line / Kathy Peiss -- The Springfield of Channing Lewis, A Colored Man / Louis Wilson.".
- catalog title "Love across the color line : the letters of Alice Hanley to Channing Lewis / edited by Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz and Kathy Peiss.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "Records and correspondence. fast".
- catalog type "text".