Keeping Heart - A Memoir of Family Struggle, Race, and Medicine

Organized around the life histories, medical struggles, and recollections of Otis Trotter and his thirteen siblings, Keeping Heart is a personal account of an African American family's journey north during the second Great Migration.

About the author

Otis Trotter lives in North Canton, Ohio. He worked with the Stark County Board of Developmental Disabilities as an instructor until his retirement. He is currently a Certified Independent Provider for the Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities.

Summary

Organized around the life histories, medical struggles, and recollections of Otis Trotter and his thirteen siblings, Keeping Heart is a personal account of an African American family’s journey north during the second Great Migration.

Product details

• Authors: Joe William Trotter, Otis Trotter, Otis/ Trotter Trotter, Joe William Trotter Jr
• Publisher: University of ohio press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2015
• EAN: 9780821421895
• ISBN: 978-0-8214-2189-5
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Race, Ethnicity and Gender in; Series in Race, Ethnicity, and Gender in Appalachia; Race, Ethnicity and Gender in Appalachia; Series in Race, Ethnicity, and Gender in Appalachia; Race, Ethnicity and Gender in
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology