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Tales my father told : and other stories, 1925 / by Miss Hallie Q. Brown.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brown, Hallie Q. (Hallie Quinn), 1845-1949, author.
- Series:
- Women's voices and life writing. 1600-1968.
- Women's voices and life writing. 1600-1968
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--Fiction.
- African Americans.
- Enslaved persons--Fiction.
- Enslaved persons.
- United States--Social conditions--Fiction.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (24 pages) : illustrations (black and white)
- Place of Publication:
- 1925 /
- Wilberforce, Ohio, U.S.A : [publisher not identified], [1925]
- Summary:
- Made up of short stories that the writer's father and others told her. "Lizette the Beautiful" covers a true story of slavery, there's a section covering songs of captivity, then a story of Jack, who keeps letting down his wife through drinking problems, driving them to poverty and eventually death.
- Notes:
- "Dedicated to my father Thomas A. Brown".
- Includes index.
- AMDigital Reference: YD.2009.a.3179.
- "Transcripts: Please note that an automatically generated transcript is available to download for this document"--Home page.
- Electronic reproduction. Marlborough, Wiltshire : AM, 2024. Digitized from a copy held by The British Library and made available by AM.
- Description based on online resource; title from scanned document's title page (viewed on March 21, 2024).
- OCLC:
- 1427708120
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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