Lunch at the 5 & 10 [Paperback]

Miles Wolff (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0929587316 | ISBN-13: 978-0929587318 | Publication Date: August 1, 1990 | Edition: Rev Exp Su

Lunch at the 5 & 10 is the story of the Greensboro sit-ins—how four African-American college students sat down at a Woolworth's lunch counter in North Carolina and ignited the civil rights movement in America. The year was 1960, but the racial sensibilities of Americans were light years removed from what they are today. Mr. Wolff's even-handed account of this pivotal event in our race relations has been widely praised since it was first published in 1970. In this new edition, the author adds a new conclusion, written after the 30th anniversary commemoration of the event where the Greensboro Four met once again. August Meier's introduction places the Greensboro sit-in in historical context and explains its importance in the course of the civil rights movement. "A remarkable account...reads like a novel. Wolff has recaptured these days with a sense of their drama, with deft characterizations of the principals, and with a sure feeling for the mood....An extraordinary accomplishment."—Book World.

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A remarkable account...reads like a novel. Wolff has recaptured these days with a sense of their drama, with deft characterizations of the principals, and with a sure feeling for the mood...An extraordinary accomplishment. (Edwin M. Yoder Book World )

About the Author

Miles Wolff, the son of a newspaperman, is president of the Durham Bulls Baseball Club and publisher of Baseball America. August Meiers, University Professor at Kent State University, is the distinguished historian of race relations in America and author of many important books in the field.

Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Ivan R Dee; Rev Exp Su edition (August 1, 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0929587316
• ISBN-13: 978-0929587318
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.7 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,631,638 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1.0 out of 5 stars Thoroughly awful, April 20, 2011

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Cameron Belt "CTB" (lufkin, Texas USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lunch at the 5 & 10 (Paperback)

I believe one critic said "this book reads like a novel" it does not. I had to read this for a history class and I do understand that books that your made to read generally arent that good but I previously read "twelve years a slave" for another history class and that was actually a really good book.

There's no excuse for bad writing and most of this could have been summed up nicely in maybe 25 pages, if that. Don't bother unless you have too, just google an article about the events it's basically the same thing.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book & Seller, March 16, 2010

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Delaney Jordan "triplethreat" (Texas) - See all my reviews
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I got the book in good condition as promised and it arrived in a timely manner. I have no complaints.