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Title

Folks from Dixie / by Paul Laurence Dunbar author of "Lyrics of lowly life" ; with illustrations by E.W. Kemble.

Author

Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906.

Publication

New York : Dodd, Mead and Company, 1898.

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Additional Authors

• Bacheller, Irving, 1859-1950
• Walker, John Brisben, 1847-1931
• Kemble, E. W. (Edward Windsor), 1861-1933
• Edwards, George Wharton, 1859-1950
• Dodd, Mead & Company, publisher.
• University Press (Cambridge, Mass.), printer.
• John Wilson and Son, printer.

Description

[10], 263, [1] p., [8] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.); 19 cm.

Donor/Sponsor

Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Subjects

• Slavery > United States > Fiction
• African Americans > Southern States > Social conditions > Fiction
• Black author
• African Americans > Fiction
• African Americans > Southern States > Fiction

Note

• "Copyright, 1897, by Bacheller Syndicate. Copyright, 1898, by John Brisben Walker. Copyright, 1898, by Dodd, Mead and Company."--verso of title page.
• "University Press. John Wilson and Son, Cambridge, U.S.A."--printer statement, verso of title page.
• Publisher's binding signed GWE [George Wharton Edwards].
• Last page blank.

Indexed In (note)

• Blanck, J. Bibliography of American literature
• Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.)
• Wright, L.H. American fiction, 1876-1900

Provenance (note)

• is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.
• inscribed: in ink on recto of first free endleaf "E. Vigneron de Fontaine. 1898 August." ; This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.

Contents

Anner 'Lizer's stumblin' block -- The ordeal at Mt. Hope -- The colonel's awakening -- The trial sermons on Bull-Skin -- Jimsella -- Mt. Pisgah's Christmas 'possum -- A family feud -- Aunt Mandy's investment -- The intervention of Peter -- Nelse Hatton's vengeance -- At shaft 11 -- The deliberation of Mr. Dunkin.

Call Number

NBO (Dunbar, P. L. Folks from Dixie)

ISBN

0836932188

LCCN

06035871

OCLC

• 761544
• NYPGR761544-B

Author

Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906.

Title

Folks from Dixie / by Paul Laurence Dunbar author of "Lyrics of lowly life" ; with illustrations by E.W. Kemble.

Imprint

New York : Dodd, Mead and Company, 1898.

Indexed In:

Blanck, J. Bibliography of American literature, 4921

Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.), 3326

Wright, L.H. American fiction, 1876-1900, 1668

Provenance

Copy in Sc Rare Fic-D (Dunbar, P.L. Folks from Dixie) (copy 1) (accession no. B544701) is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN

Copy in Sc Rare Fic-D (Dunbar, P.L. Folks from Dixie) (copy 2) (accession no. B526402) inscribed: in ink on recto of first free endleaf "E. Vigneron de Fontaine. 1898 August." ; This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN

Local Note

Schomburg Center researchers are restricted to microform copy in: Sc Micro R-1536 pt. A-1, or to the electronic resource. NN

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Local Subject

Black author.

Added Author

Dodd, Mead & Company, publisher.

University Press (Cambridge, Mass.), printer.

John Wilson and Son, printer.

Bacheller, Irving, 1859-1950, copyright holder.

Walker, John Brisben, 1847-1931, copyright holder.

Kemble, E. W. (Edward Windsor), 1861-1933, illustrator.

Edwards, George Wharton, 1859-1950, binding designer.

Vigneron de Fontaine, E., former owner.

Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.

Research Call Number

NBO (Dunbar, P. L. Folks from Dixie)

Sc Rare Fic-D (Dunbar, P.L. Folks from Dixie)