Searching for Jimmie Strother Mary Byrne McDonnell and they needed water for

and they needed water for men

Nachescu examines Black lesbians' vibrant support of the NABF and shows how respectability politics pressured the group to support its lesbian membership in private but maintain a public silence on the issue

A comprehensive guide to using over forty medicinal herbs as flower essences

Detailed route descriptions sit alongside colour maps

In his latest book

Searching for Jimmie Strother Mary Byrne McDonnell and they needed water forThe incredible true story of a blind musician, a brutal crime, and the making of an American folk legend In June 1936 James Lee Strother performed thirteen songs at the Virginia State Prison Farm for famed folklorist John Lomax and the Library of Congress. Rooted in the rich soil of the Piedmont region, Strother's repertoire epitomized the Black songsters who defy easy classification. Blinded in a steel mill explosion, which only intensified his drive