The Marrow of Tradition (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781511773430)

In 1898 there occurred the only ever successful coup d'etat in the United States, when the white supremacists in Wilmington, North Carolina overthrew the local government there and established their rule. Outraged at the portrayal of the massacre and riots that would follow, Charles Chesnutt published The Marrow of Tradition in 1901 as a direct response to the misrepresentation of information at the time. Its significance lies not only in its moral courage, but in the realistic depictions of a multitude of varying points of view - all of which represent a person or a group who bore witness or were swept up in this tragic historical chapter.

Author: Charles Chesnutt
ISBN-10: 151177343X
ISBN-13: 9781511773430
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 04/27/2015
Pages: 298
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.88lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.62d