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THE PROBLEM: A Military Novel.
Edition: First thus - facsimile reprint of a work originally published in 1915.
College Park, MD.: McGrath Publishing Company, (1969). Hardcover - A scarce novel in any edition - the story of a romance between a dark-skinned African American sergeant who serves in the Spanish-American War and the light-skinned African American woman he loves, who had been brought up as an adopted daughter in a wealthy Virginia family as a white woman and who, unaware of her heritage, goes to Cuba and the Philippines as a nurse with the Red Cross. In addition to the romantic plot, Grant also includes information not just about the heroism of his Black Sergeant, but also African-American military contributions, from Crispus Attucks through the Civil War and more. Three poems by Gilmore are included at the end. 99 pp.
Condition: Ex-library with relatively few markings, and overall tight and clean in dark navy blue cloth with gilt lettering on the spine.
Book ID: 84229More details Price: $21.50 -
THE ERIC MORGAN STORY.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, not issued in hardcover.
Nashville, TN: Winston -Derek Publishers, (1992.). First edition - A somewhat fictionalized account of a young black man, raised by his adoptive white grandmother in the Midwest during the 1930's in ignorance of his black culture, and who - in attempt to avoid the conflict between his upbringing and his racial identity - joined the Navy and wound up in Korea as one of 15 men handpicked for a dangerous mission. 130 pp. plus epilogue. ISBN: 1555234135.
Condition: Very good in illustrated wrappers (book store stamp.)
Book ID: 48736More details Price: $20.00 -
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Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York Atlantic Monthly Press (2013). SIGNED first edition - " The Quest for Home in the African Diaspora." As a biracial American the author began a search for her identity: when she traveled to Israel at age 23, she was surprised to discover "black Jews " and this led her to seek out black communities in Jamaica, Ethiopia, Ghana, and the American South. INSCRIBED and dated on the title page "for --- with best wishes on your continuing journey, Walk good," 305 pp.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 60719More details Price: $30.00