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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 -
PAPA TELLS CHITA A STORY.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (1995) dj. Hardcover first edition - A young African-American girl listens to her father as he tells her about his experiences as a soldier in Cuba during the 1898 Spanish-American war. The author comments that - in the tradition of tall tales the story is exaggerated in this book - but it is based on the real experiences of the author's uncle who enlisted in one of the Black regiments as a way to earn money for his medical education. Illustrated in full color by Floyd Cooper. Large format. Unpaginated. ISBN: 0-027446239.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 87072More details Price: $18.50
