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ISBN-10: 0393327647
ISBN-13: 9780393327649
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Publish Date: 12/17/2005
Dimensions: 8.26" L, 6.08" W, 0.41" H

M-A-C-N-O-L-I-A: Poems

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Overview

In 1936, teenager MacNolia Cox became the first African American finalist in the National Spelling Bee Competition. Supposedly prevented from winning, the precocious child who dreamed of becoming a doctor was changed irrevocably. Her story, told in a poignant nonlinear narrative, illustrates the power of a pivotal moment in a life.

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"Jordan combines the tragic poignancy of the blues with the cinematic sweep of a documentary in his deeply human and highly imaginative second book."
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Details

ISBN-10: 0393327647
ISBN-13: 9780393327649
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Publish Date: 12/17/2005
Dimensions: 8.26" L, 6.08" W, 0.41" H
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