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English
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"In the tradition of Friday Night Lights and Outcasts United, ONE GOAL tells the inspiring story of the soccer team in a town bristling with racial tension that united Somali refugees and multi-generation Mainers in their quest for state--and ultimately national--glory. When thousands of Somali refugees resettled in Lewiston, Maine, a struggling, overwhelmingly white town, longtime residents grew uneasy. Then the mayor wrote a letter asking Somalis...
Author
Publisher
PublicAffairs, Hachette Book Group
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xi, 318 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Over the past 15 years, the town of Lewiston, Maine-once a booming mill town that had fallen on harder times-- has improbably become one of the most Islamic towns in America. Some 6000 Somali immigrants have settled there, drastically changing the makeup of a town of 36,000 people in total. Lewiston now has the third highest per capita Muslim population of any U.S. city Cynthia Anderson tells the story of this fractious yet resilient town and how...
3) The letter
Publisher
Arab Film Distribution
Pub. Date
[2003?]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (76 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Documentary about racisim in America, as seen in neo-Nazi outsiders barnstorming the town of Lewiston, Maine to exploit local hatred.
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