{"product_id":"if-we-must-die-a-novel-of-tulsas-1921-greewood-riot-paperback","title":"If We Must Die: A Novel of Tulsa's 1921 Greewood Riot - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePat Carr\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor decades, a riot that killed three hundred people and wounded hundreds of others was scarcely heard of. But several new studies have focused attention on Tulsa's Greenwood race riot of 1921. In \u003ci\u003eIf We Must Die\u003c\/i\u003e novelist Pat Carr turns that tragedy into a riveting novel. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Berneen O'Brien's mother dies, the seventeen-year-old moves from Wyoming to Tulsa to live with her stern uncle. Berneen secures a teaching position at Liberty Elementary School. When she meets the principal, Nelson Flowers, she is amazed to find that he is a black man. Slowly, as she meets the other teachers, Berneen realizes that she is teaching in a black school. Her worries about being an outcast soon disappear, as the other teachers make her welcome. Berneen, who is of Black-Irish descent, doesn't realize that the teachers and students all assume she is also black. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt school and after hours Berneen finds herself moving in the world of the segregated Greenwood neighborhood. And she finds herself increasingly drawn to Nelson Flowers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRacial tension erupts into violence when a young white girl accuses a black shoeshine boy of raping her in an office-building elevator. Whites burn Greenwood and storm the neighborhood, shooting and beating black men, women, and children. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBerneen is trapped in the school with Nelson Flowers and the teachers when the mob approaches. The story of their desperate attempt to escape is realistic and frightening, made more so by its historical accuracy. This novel is both insightful and a real page-turner.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePat Carr has taught English at Rice, Tulane, the University of New Orleans, and several other universities. She is the author of four novels, three nonfiction titles, and four book-length short-story collections. She and her husband have retired to Elkins, Arkansas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 166\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.51 x 9.12 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 04, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51751340507424,"sku":"9780875652627","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/3aa91de5b4e94f61f3167ef18be8f2ad.webp?v=1779971228","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/if-we-must-die-a-novel-of-tulsas-1921-greewood-riot-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}