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Jenniemae & James: A Memoir in Black and White
by Newman, Brooke
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- Hardcover
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- Like New/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0307462994
- ISBN 13
- 9780307462992
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About This Item
Crown Publishing Group, 2010. Hardcover. Like New/Fine. 5x1x8. Signed by Author. Brief gift inscription by author. James Newman was a brilliant mathematician, the man who introduced the mathematical concept âgoogolâ and âgoogolplexâ (aka âgoogleâ and âgoogleplexâ) to the world, and a friend of Einsteinâs. He was also a notorious philanderer with an insatiable appetite for women and fast cars, a man who challenged intellectual and emotional limits, and a man of excess who oftentimes fell victim to his own anxiety. Jenniemae Harrington was an uneducated, illiterate African American maid from Alabama who began working for the Newman family in 1948âand who, despite her devout Christianity, played the illegal, underground lottery called âpolicy,â which she won with astonishing frequency. Though highly implausible, these two dissimilar individuals developed a deep and loyal friendship, largely because of their common love of numbers and their quick wits. Theirs was a friendship that endured even during an era when segregation still prevailed.
Synopsis
BROOKE NEWMAN is the author of The Little Tern , a fable for adults that has sold more than a million copies worldwide.
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- Michael Patrick McCarty, Bookseller
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SKU2010029161
- Title
- Jenniemae & James: A Memoir in Black and White
- Author
- Newman, Brooke
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0307462994
- ISBN 13
- 9780307462992
- Publisher
- Crown Publishing Group
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2010
- Size
- 5x1x8
- Keywords
- black studies
- X weight
- 14 oz
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