How Far to the Promised Land: One Black Family's Story of Hope and Survival in the American South by Esau McCaulley

How Far to the Promised Land: One Black Family's Story of Hope and Survival in the American South

Esau McCaulley

240 pages first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction memoir race emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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From the New York Times contributing opinion writer and award-winning author of Reading While Black, a riveting intergenerational account of his family’s search for home and hopeFor much of his life, Esau McCaulley was taught to see himself as an ...

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Moods

reflective 81%
emotional 63%
hopeful 63%
sad 63%
inspiring 45%
challenging 18%
informative 18%

Pace

medium 83%
slow 8%
fast 8%

Average rating

4.58

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