{"product_id":"praying-for-sheetrock-a-work-of-nonfiction-paperback","title":"Praying for Sheetrock: A Work of Nonfiction - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMelissa Fay Greene\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFinalist for the 1991 National Book Award and a New York Times Notable book, Praying for Sheetrock is the story of McIntosh County, a small, isolated, and lovely place on the flowery coast of Georgia--and a county where, in the 1970s, the white sheriff still wielded all the power, controlling everything and everybody. Somehow the sweeping changes of the civil rights movement managed to bypass McIntosh entirely. It took one uneducated, unemployed black man, Thurnell Alston, to challenge the sheriff and his courthouse gang--and to change the way of life in this community forever. \"An inspiring and absorbing account of the struggle for human dignity and racial equality\" (Coretta Scott King)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMelissa Fay Greene\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning author and journalist whose writing has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eAtlantic Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e. She is also the author of \u003ci\u003eLast Man Out: The Story of the Springhill Mine Disaster\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThere Is No Me Without You\u003c\/i\u003e (Bloomsbury Press). She lives in Atlanta, Georgia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 29, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978825695533,"sku":"9780306815171","price":20.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/VDl1aGJSVlViMVJkNGt4WDlVWmpudz09.webp?v=1775810516","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/praying-for-sheetrock-a-work-of-nonfiction-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}