Nellie Brown, or, The jealous wife : with other sketches / Thomas Detter ; introduction by Frances Smith Foster.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Detter, Thomas, approximately 1826-

Series:

Blacks in the American West

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--West (U.S.)--Social life and customs--Fiction.

African Americans.

Manners and customs.

Genre:

Fiction.

Physical Description:

xxi, 120 pages ; 21 cm.

Other Title:

Nellie Brown

Jealous wife

Place of Publication:

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [1996]

Summary:

This collection includes a novella, two short stories, and six essays. The title story, the first novel written by an African American in the West, takes place in Virginia and addresses adultery and divorce, subjects considered radical and risque at that time. Equally provocative are the "Other Sketches". These include two short stories: "The Octoroon Slave of Cuba", an alternative to "tragic mulatto" fiction, and "Uncle Joe", an African-American folk tale. The six personal essays, including "My Trip to Baltimore" and "Give the Negro a Chance are as compelling now as they were then in depicting the West after Reconstruction.

Notes:

Originally published: San Francisco : Cuddy & Hughes, printers, 1871.

Includes bibliographical references (pages xx-xxi).

ISBN:

0803217048

OCLC:

34151163