Author:
Hurston, Zora Neale, author.
Edition Statement:First edition.
ImprintNew York, NY : Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2020]
Imprint2020
Descriptionxliii, 252 pages ; 22 cm
Note:John Redding goes to sea -- The conversion of Sam -- A bit of our Harlem -- Drenched in light -- Spunk -- Magnolia flower -- Black death -- The bone of contention -- Muttsy -- Sweat -- Under the bridge -- 'Possum or pig? -- The Eatonville anthology -- Book of Harlem -- The book of Harlem -- The back room -- Monkey junk -- The country in the woman -- The gilded six-bits -- She rock -- The fire and the cloud.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-250).
Note:In 1925, Zora Neale Hurston was living in New York as a fledgling writer. This collection of stories, found in archives after her death, reveal African American folk culture in Harlem in the 1920s. This book includes eight of Hurston's "lost" Harlem gems.
Note:Recommended in Resources for College Libraries.