Edward H. Peeples, with Nancy MacLean
Afterword by James H. Hershman Jr. From the University of Virginia Press 248 pages • 6 x 9 • Cloth Also available as paperback and e-book ISBN 978-0-8139-3539-3 Buy SCALAWAG online Amazon Barnes and Noble Buy SCALAWAG in store Barnes & Noble at Longwood University Bookstore, Farmville, VA Book People, 536 Granite Ave, Richmond, VA Chop Suey Books, Carytown, Richmond, VA Robert Russa Moton Museum Gift Shop & Bookstore, Farmville, VA University of Virginia Press The Valentine Museum, Richmond, VA VCU Bookstore, 1111 W. Broad St. Richmond, VA The Virginia Shop at the Library of Virginia, 800 E. Broad St. Richmond, VA |
Reviews
"This book [Scalawag] is one of the best memoirs ever written about the South." ~ Joan E. Cashin, Associate Professor of History at Ohio State University. Read the full review in OHIO VALLEY HISTORY, Volume 18, Number 4, Winter 2018. Scalawag was reviewed by Diane Adkins for Danville, Virginia's EVINCE MAGAZINE in October, 2015. See the review here. Scalawag was reviewed by Virginia Commonwealth University historian and author, Brian J Daugherity, in the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography. Vol. 123, No. 2, 2015, pp 184-186. Available only from the Virginia Historical Society (www.vahistorical.org) or online through JSTOR (www.jstor.org). 'Scalawag' paints picture of awakening social conscience > By Christina Verderosa, Hampton Roads Books (online version, of the Daily Press), October 2014 'Scalawag' a book review > By Wendy Bowers Northup, RPECNews, Newsletter of the Richmond Peace Education Center, page 7, Sept-Oct 2014 Scalawag: A Study in Racism and Liberation > By Charles McGuigan, North of the James Magazine, August 2014 |
"An arresting personal and political account of the transformative power of freedom movements" Nomination
Scalawag was nominated for consideration in the Non Fiction category of the 18th Annual Virginia Literary Awards sponsored by the Library of Virginia. Theme song for the book
How Can I Keep from Singing?
Performed by Pete Seeger. |
