| Author | Jones, Tom, 1957- author.
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| Title | On a burning deck : an oral history of the great migration / Tom Jones.
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| Published | [New Braunfels, Texas?] : [Tom Jones], [2017]
©2017
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| Description | 2 volumes : illustrations ; 23 cm
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| ISBN | 9781544025377 |
| ISBN | 1544025378 |
| ISBN | 9781545565766 |
| ISBN | 1545565767 |
| Bib. Note | Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Formatted Note | Contents: Vol. 1. The road to Akron, 1900-1920 -- vol. 2. Return to Akron, 1920-1991.
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| Summary Note | Summary: Presents edited oral histories to trace the migration of the family of Haskell and Florence Jones from rural Kentucky to Akron, Ohio in 1917, to work in the rubber factories. Follows them on a move back to Kentucky during the Depression and then a return to the Akron area.
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| Subjects | Elementary school teachers -- Ohio -- Akron -- Interviews.
Interviews.
Jones, Florence, 1896-1984 -- Interviews.
Jones, Haskell, 1898-1991 -- Interviews.
Oral histories.
Rubber industry workers -- Ohio -- Akron -- Interviews.
Rural-urban migration -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Working class families -- Ohio -- Akron -- Interviews.
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| Other Titles | Oral history of the great migration
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| Call Number/Copies | |
| | WRHS Research Library: HD 8039 R92 O34 2017 v.1
CA-1903092: LC class, open stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
| | WRHS Research Library: HD 8039 R92 O34 2017 v.2
CA-1903093: LC class, open stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
| [Record 69261] |
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