Publisher's Synopsis

First published in 1899, this book is a collection of antebellum slave folk tales. Written in a smart and ingenious style, the stories in the book offer a realistic portrait of a terrible and strange world where anything can happen. That might make it seem far removed from the modern era, but the way Chesnutt frames the folk tales allows him to comment on contemporary (for his own time, at least) race relations in the South, and to show how they're informed by the past.

Book information

ISBN: 9781542625999
Publisher: Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp
Imprint: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Pub date:
Language: English
Number of pages: 134
Weight: 191g
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm
Spine width: 7mm