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Flipping boxcars : a novel
- Title
- Flipping boxcars : a novel / Cedric Kyles with Alan Eisenstock.
- Author
- Kyles, Cedric, 1965-
- Publication
- New York, NY : Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2023]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | Sc E 23-1240 | Schomburg Center - Research & Reference |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Eisenstock, Alan
- Description
- 328 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- "Cedric The Entertainer's debut novel Flipping Boxcars is a valentine to close-knit black families and tightly woven communities during the Depression and World War II. The story is also an homage to Cedric's grandfather, who in this tale emerges as Babe. He is a charismatic and widely loved man. He is also a gambler, whose gift of gab often gets him out of tricky situations, which is often. Babe is also a dreamer, something he shares in common with his patient and loving wife. They both yearn for financial stability and need to hold on to their land as insurance for future generations. However, when Babe and a few comrades enlist in a scheme that improbably falls apart, Babe places his family on the verge of losing everything. What's a family man to do? Babe decides to go for one more big scheme involving railroad boxcars. In breakneck speed, Cedric the Entertainer pulls readers in and never lets them go until the last page. Will Babe succeed? Will Rosie continue to support her husband? Are the Feds on to Babe's scheme? Flipping Boxcars is a page-turner anchored by rich, multi-dimensional characters, and oozing with Cedric The Entertainer's inimitable charm"--
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Domestic fiction
- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Novels
- Domestic fiction.
- Historical fiction.
- Novels.
- Call Number
- Sc E 23-1240
- ISBN
- 9780063258990
- 0063258994
- 9780063259003
- 0063259001
- 9780063259010 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2023004531
- OCLC
- 1355629828
- Author
- Kyles, Cedric, 1965- author.
- Title
- Flipping boxcars : a novel / Cedric Kyles with Alan Eisenstock.
- Publisher
- New York, NY : Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2023]
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Local Note
- Schomburg copy with dust jacket.
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Added Author
- Eisenstock, Alan, author.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 23-1240