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Title The world according to Fannie Davis : my mother's life in the Detroit numbers / Bridgett M. Davis.
Author Davis, Bridgett M, author.
Publication Info. New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2019.
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Location Call No. Status
 Hiawassee  B DAVIS    AVAILABLE/SHELVING
 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Third Floor  B DAVIS    Check Shelves
Edition First United States edition.
Description xi, 308 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
text rdacontent
unmediated rdamedia
volume rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-307).
Summary An homage to the author's mother relates how she cleverly played Detroit's illegal lottery in the 1970s to support the family while creating a loving, joyful home and mothering her children to the highest standards.
Subject Davis, Fannie.
Davis, Bridgett M. -- Family.
African American women -- Michigan -- Detroit -- Biography.
African American families -- Michigan -- Detroit -- Biography.
Detroit (Mich.) -- Biography.
ocls african american bio
ISBN 9780316558730 : $28.99
0316558737