The Resource Darktown : a novel, Thomas Mullen
Darktown : a novel, Thomas Mullen
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Resource Information
The item Darktown : a novel, Thomas Mullen represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Fulton County Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
- Summary
- Hired by the Atlanta Police Department in 1948, Lucius Boggs and Tommy Smith confront deep hostility from their white peers before confronting a corrupt officer who complicates their investigation into the murder of a black woman
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First 37 Ink/Atria books hardcover edition.
- Extent
- 371 pages
- Note
- Series numeration from NoveList
- Isbn
- 9781501133862
- Label
- Darktown : a novel
- Title
- Darktown
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Thomas Mullen
- Subject
-
- trueAtlanta, Georgia
- Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction
- truePolice misconduct
- trueRacism
- trueVeterans
- truePolice procedurals
- Police, Black -- Fiction
- FICTION / African American / Mystery & Detective
- trueRace relations
- FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Police Procedural
- Race relations -- Fiction
- Atlanta (Ga.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- trueHistorical mysteries
- trueJustice
- true1940s -- 1940 -- 1949
- African American police -- Fiction
- trueMurder
- Mystery fiction
- trueAfrican Americans
- Historical fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Hired by the Atlanta Police Department in 1948, Lucius Boggs and Tommy Smith confront deep hostility from their white peers before confronting a corrupt officer who complicates their investigation into the murder of a black woman
- Summary
- Hired resentfully into the Atlanta Police Department of 1948, war veterans Lucious Boggs and Tommy Smith confront deep hostility from their white peers and are significantly limited in their ability to do their jobs before confronting a corrupt officer who complicates their investigation into the murder of a black woman.
- Award
-
- Loan Stars Favourites, 2016
- LibraryReads Favorites, 2016.
- Library Journal Best Books, 2016
- RUSA Reading List, 2017.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10524458
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Mullen, Thomas
- Dewey number
- 813/.6
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3613.U447
- LC item number
- D37 2016
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- Series statement
- Darktown
- Series volume
- 1]
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- African American police
- Police, Black
- Murder
- Race relations
- FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Police Procedural
- FICTION / African American / Mystery & Detective
- Atlanta (Ga.)
- Summary expansion
- ATLAS
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Darktown : a novel, Thomas Mullen
- Note
- Series numeration from NoveList
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 20807234
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Edition
- First 37 Ink/Atria books hardcover edition.
- Extent
- 371 pages
- Isbn
- 9781501133862
- Lccn
- 2015041687
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- System control number
-
- (DLC)BK0017919317
- (OCoLC)ocn928481255
- (OCoLC)928481255
- Label
- Darktown : a novel, Thomas Mullen
- Note
- Series numeration from NoveList
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 20807234
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Edition
- First 37 Ink/Atria books hardcover edition.
- Extent
- 371 pages
- Isbn
- 9781501133862
- Lccn
- 2015041687
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- System control number
-
- (DLC)BK0017919317
- (OCoLC)ocn928481255
- (OCoLC)928481255
Subject
- true1940s -- 1940 -- 1949
- African American police -- Fiction
- trueAfrican Americans
- Atlanta (Ga.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- trueAtlanta, Georgia
- FICTION / African American / Mystery & Detective
- FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Police Procedural
- Historical fiction
- trueHistorical mysteries
- trueJustice
- trueMurder
- Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction
- Mystery fiction
- truePolice misconduct
- truePolice procedurals
- Police, Black -- Fiction
- trueRace relations
- Race relations -- Fiction
- trueRacism
- trueVeterans
Genre
Member of
Included in
- trueAfrican American Historical Fiction
- trueLibrary Journal Best Historical Fiction
- trueLibraryReads Favorites: 2016
- trueLoan Stars Favourites: 2016
- trueThe Reading List (RUSA): 2017
Tone Tone is the feeling that a book evokes in the reader. In many cases, this category best answers the question, "What are you in the mood for?"
Writing style Writing style terms tell us how a book is written, from the complexity of the language to the level of the detail in the background.
Character Only applied to fiction books, character appeal is especially for those readers who love books *because* of the characters.
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