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DARKTOWN STRUTTERS.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original, not issued in hardcover.
New York: Cane Hill Press, (1994.). First edition - The author's second novel (he has also written screenplays, edited anthologies) - from the back cover: 'The story of Jim Crow, a remarkable black dancer, born in slavery, who performs in minstrel shows, South & North, during the furious times of pre- & post-Civil War America. His experiences, onstage and off, are a mix of applause with mob violence, of love & loss, played against the grim laughter of a black nation within a nation finding its way to an ever-elusive promised freedom. Touching, harrowing, inspiring, this is a unique novel of pride and courage. Cover praise from Russell Banks, among others - he called this 'a scary book, and mordantly funny, too'. 224 pp. ISBN: 0-943433-118.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 30905More details Price: $18.00 -
RACECHANGES: White Skin, Black Face in American Culture.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)
Book ID: 43015More details Price: $30.00 -
PIONEER SHOW FOLK.
Edition: First edition.
New York: Childrens Press, (1963.). Hardcover first edition - A history of the traveling theater groups written for older children and illustrated with woodcuts by Carol Rogers. Includes the stories of Annie Oakley, Tom Rice and Ralph Keeler with their Minstrel shows, showboats on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, and more. A title in the Frontiers of America series. 128 pp.
Condition: Ex-library but with only a few markings and otherwise tight and clean in green illustrated boards.
Book ID: 55539More details Price: $14.50