Offering diverse perspectives on the black experience, this anthology of short fiction spotlights works by influential African-American authors. Nearly 30 outstanding stories include tales by W. E. B. Du Bois, Zora Neale Hurston, Claude McKay, and Jamaica Kincaid. From the turn of the twentieth century come Alice Ruth Moore's "A Carnival Jangle," Charles W. Chesnutt's "Uncle Wellington s Wives," and Paul Laurence Dunbar's "The Scapegoat." Other stories include "Becky" by Jean Toomer; "Afternoon" by Ralph Ellison; Langston Hughes's "Feet Live Their Own Life"; and "Jesus Christ in Texas" by...
Offering diverse perspectives on the black experience, this anthology of short fiction spotlights works by influential African-American authors. Nearl...
-In America, everything was possible, - recalls Louis Adamic of Slovenia. -There even the common people were 'citizens, ' not 'subjects' . . . a citizen, or even a non-citizen foreigner, could walk up to the President of the United States and pump his hand. Indeed, that seemed to be a custom in America.- The history and experience of immigration remain central to American culture, past and present. This anthology surveys the recollections of emigrants from around the world who sought new lives in the United States. Their stories range in mood and setting from the misery of an Englishman in...
-In America, everything was possible, - recalls Louis Adamic of Slovenia. -There even the common people were 'citizens, ' not 'subjects' . . . a citiz...
Forbidden fruit is thesweetest, and he who wants to beat a dog is sure to find a stick This compilation of the best proverbs from around the world ancient and modern offers concise, time-honored wisdom about love, money, politics, and human nature.A handsome gift-book format makesthis volumean ideal present."
Forbidden fruit is thesweetest, and he who wants to beat a dog is sure to find a stick This compilation of the best proverbs from around the world an...
