Sandweiss

Noted historian of the American West Martha Sandweiss is the first writer to uncover the life that King tried so hard to conceal from the public eye.

Passing Strange: Summary and book reviews of Passing Strange by Martha Sandweiss. 2009

Martha A. Sandweiss is Professor of History at Princeton University.

Martha Sandweiss biography 2009

But as Martha Sandweiss shows in Passing Strange, King led a double life, passing as a black man in order to marry Ada Copeland, who was very likely born a slave and who was as far outside King's social and intellectual circle as a woman could possibly be.

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A Conversation with Martha Sandweiss about Passing Strange 2010

Passing Strange is ultimately a book about a couple, and Sandweiss has used her formidable skills as a researcher to reconstruct as much of their lives as possible.

Passing Strange: Summary and book reviews of Passing Strange by Martha Sandweiss. 2009

Sandweiss serves a delicious brew of public accomplishment and domestic intrigue in this dual biography of the geologist-explorer Clarence King (1842-1901) and Ada Copeland (c. 1861-1964), a 'black, working-class woman' who was 'born a slave.'

Passing Strange: Summary and book reviews of Passing Strange by Martha Sandweiss. 2009

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[T] here was another side to King that neither the public nor his glittering friends knew, a side that Martha A. Sandweiss explores with great sensitivity, insight and painstaking research ...

Passing Strange: Summary and book reviews of Passing Strange by Martha Sandweiss. 2009

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Excerpt: Passing Strange by Martha Sandweiss 2009

Sandweiss writes of King: Acting from a complicated mix of loyalty and self-interest, reckless desire and social conservatism, he deceived his mother, his close friends, his colleagues, and all the people who knew him in his public role.

Passing Strange by Martha A Sandweiss: Questions 2009