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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
An Authentic Record Of The Life Time Of Hunting, Trapping, Scouting
And Indian Fighting In The Far West. This scarce antiquarian book
is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest
of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book
reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may
possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred
pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and
other reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is
culturally important, we have made it available as a part of our
commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's
literature.
An Authentic Record Of The Life Time Of Hunting, Trapping, Scouting
And Indian Fighting In The Far West. This scarce antiquarian book
is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest
of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book
reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may
possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred
pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and
other reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is
culturally important, we have made it available as a part of our
commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's
literature.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone
Postcolonial fiction in general, and Anglo-Indian (Raj) fiction in
particular, are of growing interest to scholars these days. This
major Raj novel, first published in 1909, is a classic example of
the Mutiny genre.
An Authentic Record Of The Life Time Of Hunting, Trapping, Scouting
And Indian Fighting In The Far West. This scarce antiquarian book
is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest
of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book
reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may
possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred
pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and
other reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is
culturally important, we have made it available as a part of our
commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's
literature.
Originally published in 1911, "The Quest of the Silver Fleece was
the first novel to come from world-famous sociologist and
civil-rights leader W.E.B. Du Bois. A controversial title of its
time, the novel chronicles the complex interactions between
Northern financing and Southern politics as it follows the story of
free-spirited Zora, child of a Southern swamp, and her romance with
Yankee-educated Bles, who will eventually face the opportunity to
claim political power through corrupt means. In the middle of it
all is the silver fleece, a crop of cotton rich with meaning and
symbolism.
In the tradition of other incendiary novels that explore market
forces at the turn of the century, such as Frank Norris's "The Pit
and Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle," The Quest of the Silver Fleece
was seen as an "economic study" by Du Bois, yet it was also a
romantic and otherwordly saga, loosely based on the Greek myth from
which it takes its name. Using literary conventions to expose and
oppose America's views on race, Du Bois presents a sprawling and
provocative work that continues to engage readers and inspire
debate among literary scholars today.
An Authentic Record Of The Life Time Of Hunting, Trapping, Scouting
And Indian Fighting In The Far West. This scarce antiquarian book
is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest
of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book
reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may
possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred
pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and
other reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is
culturally important, we have made it available as a part of our
commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's
literature.
Originally published in 1911, "The Quest of the Silver Fleece was
the first novel to come from world-famous sociologist and
civil-rights leader W.E.B. Du Bois. A controversial title of its
time, the novel chronicles the complex interactions between
Northern financing and Southern politics as it follows the story of
free-spirited Zora, child of a Southern swamp, and her romance with
Yankee-educated Bles, who will eventually face the opportunity to
claim political power through corrupt means. In the middle of it
all is the silver fleece, a crop of cotton rich with meaning and
symbolism.
In the tradition of other incendiary novels that explore market
forces at the turn of the century, such as Frank Norris's "The Pit
and Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle," The Quest of the Silver Fleece
was seen as an "economic study" by Du Bois, yet it was also a
romantic and otherwordly saga, loosely based on the Greek myth from
which it takes its name. Using literary conventions to expose and
oppose America's views on race, Du Bois presents a sprawling and
provocative work that continues to engage readers and inspire
debate among literary scholars today.
The Quest of the Silver Fleece A Novel W. E. B. Du Bois.
Illustrated by H. S. De Lay "Dramatic, original, and
convincing."--"Literary Digest" "The author has put into the story
all his wealth of justice and passion."--"Independent" Set in
Alabama and Washington, D.C., in the early part of the twentieth
century, W. E. B. Du Bois's first novel weaves the themes of racial
equality and understanding through the stark reality of prejudice
and bias. Originally published in 1911 and conceived immediately
after "The Souls of Black Folk," Du Bois turned to fiction to carry
his message to a popular audience who were unfamiliar with his
nonfiction works. Du Bois addresses the fact that, despite the
legal emancipation of African Americans, the instruments of
oppression, in both the economy and government, remained in good
working order. At the time he was writing, powerful white
industrialists controlled the cotton industry, the "silver fleece"
that depended, as it did during slavery, on the physical labor of
African Americans. White Americans also controlled local and
national government. In the novel, Blessed "Bles" Alwyn, a young
man seeking formal education to improve himself, is captivated by
Zora, a vivacious, independent woman who lives outside society in a
mysterious swamp. Faced with shocking events in Zora's past and
ambivalence about how a black man should integrate into American
society, Bles pursues his goals and ends up in Washington to assist
on a senator's campaign. While in the city, he meets successful
African Americans--and falls in love--but he ultimately recoils
from the hypocrisies they must endure in order to be accepted in
society. Instead, he is compelled to return to Alabama and Zora,
where he must face his greatest challenges and fears. With its
frank and clear language, "The Quest of the Silver Fleece" is a
remarkable portrait of racial prejudice at the turn of the
twentieth century. Through the characters, Du Bois demonstrates the
efficacy of self-sufficiency for those who face discrimination
while championing the benefits of strength in diversity to American
society as a whole. William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (1868-1963)
was an American sociologist, author, and cofounder of the National
Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). His
pioneering works "The Philadelphia Negro: A Social Study" and "The
Negro" are also available from the University of Pennsylvania
Press. Pine Street Books 2004 440 pages 5 x 7 1/2 4 illus. ISBN
978-0-8122-1892-3 Paper $19.95s 13.00 ISBN 978-0-8122-0179-6 Ebook
$19.95s 13.00 World Rights Fiction
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