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Fiction, essays, poetry / Frank J. Webb ; edited & introduced by Werner Sollors.
Van Pelt Library PS3157.W62 A6 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Webb, Frank J.
- Standardized Title:
- Works. Selections. 2004
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--Fiction.
- African Americans.
- Race relations.
- Multiracial people.
- United States.
- Multiracial people--United States--Fiction.
- United States--Race relations--Fiction.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- x, 541 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New Milford, CT : Toby, 2004.
- Summary:
- Originally published in London in 1857, The Garies and Their Friends is the first novel to chronicle the experience of free blacks in the pre-Civil War Northeast. The novel anticipates themes that were to become important in later African-American fiction, including miscegenation and "passing," and tells the story of the Garies and their friends the Ellises, a "highly respectable and industrious colored family."
- In addition to this new edition of The Garies, we are pleased to include new material by Webb, never before published in book form. This includes the stories Marvin Hayle and Two Wolves and a Lamb, essays, and a number of poems, together with photographs presumed to be of the writer and his wife, the actress Mary Webb.
- Contents:
- The Garies and Their Friends 21
- From Lord Brougham 27
- Chapter 1 In which the Reader is introduced to a Family of peculiar Construction 31
- Chapter 2 A Glance at the Ellis Family 45
- Chapter 3 Charlie's Trials 57
- Chapter 4 In which Mr. Winston finds an Old Friend 67
- Chapter 5 The Garies decide on a Change 81
- Chapter 6 Pleasant News 91
- Chapter 7 Mrs. Thomas has her Troubles 103
- Chapter 8 Trouble in the Ellis Family 115
- Chapter 9 Breaking up 125
- Chapter 10 Another Parting 135
- Chapter 11 The New Home 143
- Chapter 12 Mr. Garie's Neighbour 153
- Chapter 13 Hopes consummated 163
- Chapter 14 Charlie at Warmouth 171
- Chapter 15 Mrs. Stevens gains a Triumph 181
- Chapter 16 Mr. Stevens makes a Discovery 191
- Chapter 17 Plotting 201
- Chapter 18 Mr. Stevens falls into Bad Hands 211
- Chapter 19 The Alarm 223
- Chapter 20 The Attack 233
- Chapter 21 More Horrors 249
- Chapter 22 An Anxious Day 257
- Chapter 23 The Lost One Found 263
- Chapter 24 Charlie distinguishes Himself 273
- Chapter 25 The Heir 283
- Chapter 26 Home again 293
- Chapter 27 Sudbury 305
- Chapter 28 Charlie seeks Employment 315
- Chapter 29 Clouds and Sunshine 327
- Chapter 30 Many Years after 339
- Chapter 31 The Thorn rankles 349
- Chapter 32 Dear Old Ess again 361
- Chapter 33 The Fatal Discovery 373
- Chapter 34 "Murder will out" 385
- Chapter 35 The Wedding 397
- Chapter 36 And the Last 409
- Personal Writings by Frank J. Webb 423
- Biographical sketch of Mary E. Webb 425
- Letters to Mary Wager Fisher 431
- New Era Publications 433
- None Spoke A Single Word To Me 435
- Waiting 436
- International Exhibition 439
- The Mixed School Question 443
- An Old Foe with a New Face 445
- Two Wolves and a Lamb 449
- Marvin Hayle 491
- Appendix The Benefits of Co-operation: By One of the New Era 529.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 15-17, 537-539).
- ISBN:
- 1592640990
- 1592640982
- OCLC:
- 56659326
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