Awards

• Winner of <DIV>Chicago Folklore Prize, American Folklore Society, 2016<BR /> Wayland D. Hand Prize, History and Folklore Section of the American Folklore Societ 2016
• Winner of <DIV>Chicago Folklore Prize, American Folklore Society, 2016<BR /> Wayland D. Hand Prize, History and Folklore Section of the American Folklore Society, 2016<BR /> A <I>Choice</I> Outstanding Academic Title, 2016</DIV> 2016

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Folklorist Beck's story of the Turner family's transition from freedom to slavery to freedom again is a marvel of scholarly storytelling. . . . An engrossing American tale. -- Publisher's Weekly Turner's recollections are interwoven with Beck's research to provide an astonishing saga of a single African American family, an example of the oral history tradition across two continents, and an amazing woman who bridges generations of her family. -- Booklist

This amazing true story should be required reading for anyone who wants to understand American history. Jane Beck's seminal book, built upon decades of rare historical research combined with rich oral narratives, reads like a vivid novel. --Ronne Hartfield, author of Another Way Home: The Tangled Roots of Race in One Chicago Family

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Jane C. Beck is Executive Director Emeritus and Founder of the Vermont Folklife Center. She received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Center for Vermont Research at the University of Vermont in 2011.

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