{"product_id":"firefly-books-ruth-and-the-green-book-available-at-modern-rascals","title":"Ruth and the Green Book","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.thomasallen.ca\/Search?SearchType=A\u0026amp;SearchText=Gwen+Strauss+\"\u003eGwen Strauss\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBy (author)\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.thomasallen.ca\/Search?SearchType=A\u0026amp;SearchText=Calvin+Alexander+Ramsey+\"\u003eCalvin Alexander Ramsey\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBy (author)\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.thomasallen.ca\/Search?SearchType=A\u0026amp;SearchText=Floyd+Cooper+\"\u003eFloyd Cooper\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIllustrated by\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe picture book inspiration for the Academy Award-winning film\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Green Book\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRuth was so excited to take a trip in her family's new car! In the early 1950s, few African Americans could afford to buy cars, so this would be an adventure. But she soon found out that black travelers weren't treated very well in some towns. Many hotels and gas stations refused service to black people. Daddy was upset about something called Jim Crow laws . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFinally, a friendly attendant at a gas station showed Ruth's family\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Green Book\u003c\/em\u003e. It listed all of the places that would welcome black travelers. With this guidebook—and the kindness of strangers—Ruth could finally make a safe journey from Chicago to her grandma's house in Alabama.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRuth's story is fiction, but\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Green Book\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand its role in helping a generation of African American travelers avoid some of the indignities of Jim Crow are historical fact.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Bio\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eGwen Strauss's book of poems, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eTrail of Stones\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, with illustrations by Anthony Browne was published by Knopf in New York and Walker Books in London. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Night Shimmy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (Random House), a children's book with the same illustrator, has been translated into several languages. She is an award-winning poet and her writing has appeared in many publications, including the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eLondon Sunday Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew England Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eKenyon Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eTampa Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eAntioch Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. She works as the on-site director at the Brown Foundation Fellowship Program at the Dora Maar House in Ménerbes, France.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCalvin Alexander Ramsey, Atlanta-based playwright, photographer, and folk art painter, grew up in Baltimore, Maryland, and Roxboro, North Carolina. In addition to having been a year-round resident of Martha's Vineyard, Calvin has a passion for travel and has lived in New York City; Santa Monica, California; Chapel Hill, North Carolina; and the U.S. Virgin Islands of St. Croix and St. John.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe is a former Advisory Board Member of the Robert Woodruff Library Special Collections at Emory University in Atlanta. 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