000 -LEADER |
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02768nam a2200505 i 4500 |
CONTROL NUMBER |
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1302576764 |
CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER |
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OCoLC |
DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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20230915121330.0 |
FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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220309t20222022onca b 000 f eng c |
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
International Standard Book Number |
9781552454589 |
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
International Standard Book Number |
1552454584 |
SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER |
System control number |
(Sirsi) a480122 |
CATALOGING SOURCE |
Original cataloging agency |
NLC |
Language of cataloging |
eng |
Description conventions |
rda |
Transcribing agency |
YDX |
Modifying agency |
NLC |
-- |
BDX |
-- |
NLC |
-- |
YDX |
-- |
JCX |
-- |
NYP |
-- |
ABJ |
-- |
UKMGB |
-- |
TOH |
-- |
UtOrBLW |
AUTHENTICATION CODE |
Authentication code |
lac |
LOCAL HOLDINGS (OCLC) |
Holding library |
GZDA |
Local processing data |
jm* |
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
Classification number |
C813/.54 |
Edition number |
23 |
AUTHOR NAME |
AUTHOR NAME |
Mayr, Suzette, |
TITLE STATEMENT |
Title |
The sleeping car porter / |
Statement of responsibility, etc |
Suzette Mayr. |
EDITION STATEMENT |
Edition statement |
First edition. |
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
Extent |
219 pages : |
Other physical details |
illustration ; |
Dimensions |
21 cm |
BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-219). |
SUMMARY, ETC. |
Summary, etc |
"The Sleeping Car Porter brings to life an important part of Black history in North America, from the perspective of a gay man living in a culture that renders him invisible in two ways. Affecting, imaginative, and visceral enough that you'll feel the rocking of the train, The Sleeping Car Porter is a stunning accomplishment. Baxter's name isn't George. But it's 1929, and Baxter is lucky enough, as a Black man, to have a job as a sleeping car porter on a train that crisscrosses the country. So when the passengers call him George, he has to just smile and nod and act invisible. What he really wants is to go to dentistry school, but he'll have to save up a lot of nickel and dime tips to get there, so he puts up with "George." On this particular trip out west, the passengers are more unruly than usual, especially when the train is stalled for two extra days; their secrets start to leak out and blur with the sleep-deprivation hallucinations Baxter is having. When he finds a naughty postcard of two gay men, Baxter's memories and longings are reawakened; keeping it puts his job in peril, but he can't part with the postcard or his thoughts of Edwin Drew, Porter Instructor."-- |
ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM AVAILABLE NOTE |
Additional physical form available note |
Issued also in electronic formats. |
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Racism |
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
African American men |
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Gay men |
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Porters |
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Sleep deprivation |
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Tipping |
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Dentistry |
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Rail passengers |
LOCAL PROCESSING INFORMATION (OCLC) |
a |
F MAY 410 |