Based on a historically accurate account of the Wilmington, North Carolina, "race riot" of 1898, African-American author Charles W. Chesnutt's innovative novel is a passionate portrait of the betrayal of black culture in America.
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| ISBN: | 9780140186864 |
| Publication date: | 1st February 1993 |
| Author: | Charles W Chesnutt, Eric J Sundquist |
| Publisher: | Penguin Classics an imprint of Penguin Publishing Group |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 346 pages |
| Series: | Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics |
| Genres: |
Classic fiction: general and literary Social discrimination and social justice Ethnic studies |