The heart of Happy Hollow

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource : multiple file formats

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg,

Summary:

"The Heart of Happy Hollow" by Paul Laurence Dunbar is a collection of stories written in the late 19th century. The book depicts the lives and experiences of African Americans in a small Southern town, exploring themes such as community, identity, and the challenges of social and racial dynamics. Through a range of characters and narratives, Dunbar highlights the resilience, humor, and complexity of their lives. The opening of the collection introduces the setting of Happy Hollow, a place symbolically representing the African American experience, where joy and sorrow coexist. Dunbar outlines various incidents and characters that illustrate the daily lives, aspirations, and struggles of the community. He begins with the story of Robinson Asbury, a barber who rises to political prominence but faces challenges and betrayals as he navigates the intersection of race and power in politics. This sets a tone that blends social commentary with personal narratives, suggesting that the stories to follow will further explore these themes through the lives of other characters in Happy Hollow. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Contents:

The Scapegoat

One Christmas at Shiloh

The Mission of Mr. Scatters

A Matter of Doctrine

Old Abe's Conversion

The Race Question

A Defender Of The Faith

Cahoots

The Promoter

The Wisdom of Silence

The Triumph of Ol' Mis' Pease

The Lynching of Jube Benson

Schwalliger's Philanthropy

The Interference of Patsy Ann

The Home-Coming of 'Rastus Smith

The Boy and the Bayonet.

Credits:

Produced by Greg Bergquist, Suzanne Shell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net

Notes:

Reading ease score: 79.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.

Release date is 2008-02-29