Boston: Beacon, 1994. dj. Hardcover first edition - Three novels originally published in serialized form in the "Christian Recorder" , the journal of the A.M.E. Church - these not only precede "Iola Leroy" which was considered Harper's only novel, these represent the first substantial body of fiction known to have been written for a specifically African American audience. Edited and with an introduction by Frances Smith Foster. 286 pp. ISBN: 1/807083321.