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The Marrow of Tradition

The Marrow of Tradition

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Literary Fiction

ISBN10: 1605972916
ISBN13: 9781605972916
Publisher: Book Jungle
Published: Mar 13 2008
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.98
Height: 0.54 Width: 7.50 Depth: 9.25
Language: English
Charles Chestnutt was an African American writer who wrote The Marrow of Tradition. This work of historical fiction sometimes classified as a melodrama. The plot tells the story of the formation of the white supremacist movement that preceded the race riots in Wilmington, North Carolina in 1898. Two sisters in a small town are the central characters. One sister is about to have a child. The other sister is a half sister with a slave as her mother. Several other subplots intermingle. Black/white relationships heat up and the local government to threatened to be taken over by force.

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