The title story of this 1899 collection by the well-known poet follows a slave woman name Cassie and her baby boy Gideon, named after the Biblical warrior that his mother heard about in church. Other stories include “Mammy Peggy’s Pride, ” “Viney’s Free Papers, ” “An Old-Time Christmas, ” and “The Faith Cure Man.”
关于作者
Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906), the son of former slaves, was among the first African-American writers to forge a successful literary career. Much of his work was composed in dialect, and fostered an idyllic view of the Old South; this resulted in a critical backlash that only recently has given way to a more nuanced appreciation.
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语言 英语 ● 格式 EPUB ● 网页 384 ● ISBN 9781411458871 ● 文件大小 0.3 MB ● 年龄 99-17 年份 ● 出版者 Barnes & Noble ● 发布时间 2011 ● 下载 24 个月 ● 货币 EUR ● ID 5864233 ● 复制保护 Adobe DRM
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