We got by : a Black family's journey in the Heartland / Ric S. Sheffield.

"A Kenyon College professor relates his family's story in this memoir about the rural Ohio life of three generations of a Black family through the twentieth century"--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Sheffield, Ric S., 1954- (Author)
Language:	English
Published:	Columbus : Trillium, an imprint of The Ohio State University Press, [2022]
Subjects:	Sheffield, Ric S., > 1954- > Family. Sheffield family. Hammond family. African Americans > Ohio > Genealogy. African Americans > Ohio > Biography. Mount Vernon (Ohio) > Biography. Ohio > Genealogy. African Americans > Ohio > Social conditions > 20th century. Hammond (Famille) Noirs américains > Ohio > Généalogies. Noirs américains > Ohio > Biographies. Ohio > Généalogies. Noirs américains > Ohio > Conditions sociales > 20e siècle. African Americans. African Americans > Social conditions. Families. Ohio. Ohio > Mount Vernon. 1900-1999 Biographies. Genealogy.
Genre:	Genealogy. Biography. Généalogies. Biographies.
Physical Description:	xiii, 200 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm
Variant Title:	Black family's journey in the Heartland
Format:	Book

Contents:

The Making of Lon Hammonds
Discovering the Real Bertha
To Win Her Hand
Helping Out During Hard Times
More Than Just Faith on Trial
Sewing on the Stripes
Reading, Writing, and 'Rithmetic
Miss Bronze Ohio
Saying "I Do" and Then Doing It
A Man's Pride
The Unhappiest of Birthdays
I'd Sweep the Streets If I Had To
Managing to Get By
Wanting a Carefree Life for Them
Adventure in the Blood
Just a Couple of Boys on Safari
Innocent Child's Play
Ina Mae to the Rescue
George Helps Her Move On
It's Okay to Remarry
I Gotta Get Out of Here
If Not for Bad Luck, He'd Have No Luck at All
Consequences of Racism
Off to the Big City
Thank You 'Til You're Better Paid.