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A Memoir Cotton Field of Dreams: a Memoir is an American story?in black and white; a poignant memoir by the former diarist to President William Jefferson Clinton who shares her journey from the cotton Janis F. Kearney & Tony Blair during the author's UK t
Writing Our World Press
January 2007
On Sale: January 1, 2007
Featuring: Janis Kearney
337 pages ISBN: 0976205831 EAN: 9780976205838 Paperback
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Non-Fiction Memoir
Cotton Field of Dreams: a Memoir is an American storyβin black and white; a poignant memoir by the former diarist to President William Jefferson Clinton who shares her journey from the cotton fields of the Arkansas delta, to the West Wing of the White House. It is an American story featuring the pre-civil rights south where cotton was king and education was the carrot that stayed just out of reach for many blacks. Cotton Field of Dreams, a lesson in southern and womenβs history, paints a vivid picture of roles played out by the women, children and family in the Arkansas delta. It is about the hard lessons children of cotton sharecroppers learned from under-educated but wise parents whose greatest gift was their childrenβs permission to dream. This story memorializes James and Ethel Kearney who taught their 17 children that nothing was too far out of reach if they put their minds and hearts into it. Their story is about the miracle of the south, and the limitless vision, the unflinching faith, and daring dreams of a poor, black family on Varner Road.
 Media BuzzTavis Smiley - January 27, 2009
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