The Optimistic: Class of 1992 Yearbook of an Alternative Chicago High School
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Kennesaw, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
VG black plastic comb bound, clear plastic at front with black card overlay at rear, 11 x 8.5. [32 pp. xeroxed, 2 in color]. Front cover and title leaf coming loose from comb binding at lower end. A student-produced yearbook from Sullivan West, a Quaker-influenced alternative high school for at-risk youth in Chicagos South Side. Sections include The Pros & Cons on Cooking with Debbie Phair, Y.O.P. Staff Members, Senior Graduates of 1992, Undergraduates, Knowledge on Drugs, Class Notables, Class Most Funniest Moments, Athletics & Class Offices, More About Sullivan West, Teachers Talk, and Senior Ambitions. Scarce, not in commerce or OCLC, providing a window into early 90s fashion and cultural trends (Bel Biv Devoe, Janet Jackson, and Whitney Houston, for instance, are referenced) while offering these students an opportunity to present an alternative view of inner-city youth.
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- Crow Hop Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1026
- Title
- The Optimistic
- Book Condition
- Used
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- 1
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Crow Hop Rare Books
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About the Seller
Crow Hop Rare Books
Biblio member since 2019
Kennesaw, Georgia
About Crow Hop Rare Books
Established in 2018, Crow Hop Rare Books sells a variety of unusual and hard to find material, including photo albums, vernacular material, signed/inscribed first editions, African Americana, ephemera, and midcentury Americana.