Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Render, Sylvia Lyons

Description

1. 422 pages; 24 cm

Subject

1. 1900-1999
2. African Americans > Fiction
3. Short stories, American > 19th century
4. Short stories, American > 20th century
5. Noirs américains > Romans, nouvelles, etc
6. Nouvelles américaines > 20e siècle
7. Short stories, American
8. African Americans

Genre/Form

1. Short stories
2. Fictional Work
3. short stories.
4. Fiction
5. Romans.
6. Nouvelles.

Contents

1. Anecdotes: A tight boot -- Gratitude -- Appreciation -- An eloquent appeal -- A cause célèbre -- A soulless corporation -- Busy day in a lawyer's office -- A Roman antique -- She reminded him -- An original sentiment -- The tales. The origin of the hatchet story -- A midnight adventure -- Concerning father -- Tobe's tribulations -- Lonesome Ben -- A deep sleeper -- A victim of heredity -- Dave's neckliss -- The marked tree -- The dumb witness -- A Virginia chicken -- Uncle Peter's house -- The fall of Adam -- McDugald's mule -- Tom's warm welcome -- How a good man went wrong -- The short stories: A limb of Satan -- Aunt Mimy's son -- Aunt Lucy's search -- The march of progress -- The sway-backed house -- Wine and water -- The prophet Peter -- How Dasdy came through -- The partners -- Mr. Taylor's funeral -- A bad night -- The doctor's wife -- How he met her -- A metropolitan experience -- The shadow of my past -- A secret ally -- The kiss -- Cartwright's mistake -- A fool's paradise -- A grass widow -- Jim's romance -- The exception -- A miscarriage of justice -- Stryker's Waterloo -- Walter Knox's record -- The averted strike -- White weeds -- The doll -- Baxter's procrustes.

Owning institution

1. Harvard Library

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references.

Processing action (note)

1. committed to retain