
The Bishop's Daughter
Honor Moore
#2408 of 3,809 books · #873 in Biography & Memoir
Shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography (2008).
A daughter of a New York bishop chronicles their turbulent relationship, his journey from robber-baron wealth to work among America's post-war urban poor, and his contributions as a civil rights and peace activist.
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- ISBN-13
- 9780393059847
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- Topics
Awards
- National Book Critics Circle Award for AutobiographyShortlistedMajor(2008)
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