Common Ground: A Turbulent Decade in the Lives of Three American Families
Common Ground: A Turbulent Decade in the Lives of Three American Families
Common Ground won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award, and the American Book Award. Common Ground is much more than the story of the busing crisis in Boston as told through the experiences of three families.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- Vintage
- Year
- 2012
- ISBN-13
- 9780307823755
- Genre
- History
- Topics
- School busing crisisRace relationsBoston urban life
Awards
- Pulitzer Prize for General NonfictionWonMajor(1986)
- National Book Award for NonfictionWonMajor(1985)
- National Book Critics Circle Award for NonfictionWonMajor(1985)
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