Marrow of Tradition (Beinecke JWJ Zan C425 901m Copy 1) (Q170)
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Beinecke Library copy with call number JWJ Zan C425 901m
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Marrow of Tradition (Beinecke JWJ Zan C425 901m Copy 1) |
Beinecke Library copy with call number JWJ Zan C425 901m |
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Dear Mr. Van Vechten: [new paragraph] I regard this as the best constructed of my novels. The riot which forms the central incident of the story, took place at Wilmington, North Carolina, not far from Fayetville, the "Patesville" of my stories, where I was living at the time. [...]
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[...] I thought it was a sufficiently dramatic event for embodiment in fiction, which might, if adequately portrayed, contribute somewhat to an understanding of conditions in the South at that time. [...]
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[...] This riot ended what little Republican domination in Eastern North Carolina was left over from the reconstruction era. [paragraph break] Chas. W. Chesnutt [paragraph break] To Carl Van Vechten, [paragraph break] December 1926.
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20 https://blackbibliog.rutgers.edu/entity/Q61
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12.5 https://blackbibliog.rutgers.edu/entity/Q61
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rear paste down endpaper
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