{"product_id":"beyond-the-shores","title":"Beyond the Shores - A History of African Americans Abroad","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003eEditors’ Choice • An award-winning author charts the poignant global journeys of African Americans as she explores her own transatlantic family odyssey in \u003ci\u003eBeyond the Shores, \u003c\/i\u003ea powerful history of living abroad while Black.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“By exploring the life of Black expats, creatives, and activists, \u003ci\u003eBeyond the Shores\u003c\/i\u003e enhances the stories of migration to reveal how race is lived in the United States and abroad.”—Marcia Chatelain, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of \u003ci\u003eSouth Side Girls\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart historical exploration, part travel memoir, \u003ci\u003eBeyond the Shores\u003c\/i\u003e reveals poignant histories of a diverse group of African Americans who have left the United States over the course of the past century. Together, the interwoven stories highlight African Americans’ complicated relationship to the United States and the world at large.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBeyond the Shores \u003c\/i\u003eis not just about where African Americans stayed or where they ate when they traveled but also about why they left in the first place and how they were treated once they reached their destinations. Drawing on years of research, Dr. Tamara J. Walker chronicles their experiences in atmospheric detail, taking readers from well-known capital cities to more unusual destinations like Yangiyul, Uzbekistan, and Kabondo, Kenya. She follows Florence Mills, the would-be Josephine Baker of her day, in Paris, and Richard Wright, the author turned actor and filmmaker, in Buenos Aires. Throughout \u003ci\u003eBeyond the Shores, \u003c\/i\u003eshe relays tender stories of adventurous travelers, including a group of gifted Black crop scientists in the 1930s, a housewife searching for purpose in the 1950s, a Peace Corps volunteer discovering his identity in the 1970s, and her own grandfather, who, after losing his eye fighting in World War II and returning to a country that showed no signs of honoring his sacrifice, set out with his wife and children on a circuitous journey that sent them back and forth across the Atlantic. Tying these tales together is Walker’s personal account of her family’s, and her own, experiences abroad—in France, Brazil, Argentina, Austria, and beyond.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eBy sharing the accounts of those who escaped the racism of the United States to try their hands at life abroad, \u003ci\u003eBeyond the Shores\u003c\/i\u003e shines a light on the meaning of home and the search for a better life.","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50952326447392,"sku":"9780593139059","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0836\/3661\/7504\/files\/9780593139059.jpg?v=1763655763","url":"https:\/\/creativebysanchez.com\/products\/beyond-the-shores","provider":"Creative By Sanchez","version":"1.0","type":"link"}