@article{741178,
      author = {Beck, Jane C.,},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/741178},
      title = {Daisy Turner's kin : an African American family saga /},
      abstract = {"A daughter of freed African American slaves, Daisy Turner  became a living repository of history. The family narrative  entrusted to her-- "a well-polished artifact, an heirloom  that had been carefully preserved"--Began among the Yoruba  in West Africa and continued with her own long lifetime. In  1983, folklorist Jane Beck began to interview Turner, then  one hundred years old and still relating four generations  of oral history. In her book Daisy Turner's Kin, Beck uses  Turner's storytelling to build the Turner family saga,  using at its foundation the oft-repeated touchstone stories  at the heart of their experiences: the abduction into  slavery of Turner's African ancestors; Daisy's father  learning to read; his return as a soldier to his former  plantation to kill the overseer; Daisy's childhood stand  against racism; and her family's life in Vermont. Beck  weaves in historical research and offers a folklorist's  perspective on oral history and the hazards and uses of  memory."--Page 4 of cover.},
      recid = {741178},
      pages = {295 pages :},
}