Uncle Julius' stories about the post-Civil War South not only show the magical world of conjuring but reveal the cruelties administered to slaves

Conjure Woman

Literature & Fiction

Chesnutt, Charles Waddell

United States

Scholarly Pr

Selections by the noted black writer of the late nineteenth century reflect changing racial attitudes in America

Wife of His Youth and Other Stories

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.

The Marrow of Tradition.

AMS Press

Book by Shepard, Ray Anthony, Chesnutt, Charles Waddell

Conjure Tales

Shepard, Ray Anthony

Children's Books

Dutton Childrens Books

The Colonel's Dream (Large Print Edition)

BiblioLife

The Colonel's Dream

This unique collection portrays the early twentieth century short story writer, biographer, novelist, essayist, stenographer, and lawyer, Charles Waddell Chesnutt. Readers are shown how Chesnutt was, perhaps, the best African American literary signifier of his day. The volume opens with generous selections from his journals and published and unpublished essays, which document the writer's racial, literary, social, and economic milieu. Also included are the conjure stories, novel excerpts, selected literary criticism, photos, and a list of related web sites for further research.

Selected Writings (New Riverside Editions)

Paul Lauter

Ferguson, Sallyann H.

Wadsworth Publishing

Explores the lives and fates of two young African-Americans who decide to pass for white in order to claim their share of the American dream. By the author of "The Marrow of Tradition".

The House Behind the Cedars

Univ of Georgia Pr

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Colonels Dream

Ayer Co. Pub

Marrow of Tradition

A landmark in the history of African-American fiction, this gripping 1901 novel was among the first literary challenges to racial stereotypes. Its tragic history of 2 families unfolds against the backdrop of the post-Reconstruction South and climaxes with a race riot based on an actual 1898 incident.&

Genre Fiction

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