The Marrow of Tradition by Charles W. Chesnutt
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"The Marrow of Tradition" by Charles W. Chesnutt is a novel published in 1901. Set in the fictional town of Wellington, it portrays the 1898 Wilmington Insurrection, when white supremacists violently overthrew a legitimately elected government. The story follows interweaving plots across racial lines: a newspaper owner conspiring to seize political control, a Black physician facing Jim Crow segregation, half-sisters divided by race, and a son seeking revenge for his father's murder.
All converge in election-day violence that forces each character toward a reckoning. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Chesnutt, Charles W. (Charles Waddell), 1858-1932 |
|---|---|
| Title | The Marrow of Tradition |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Marrow_of_Tradition |
| Credits | Produced by Suzanne Shell, Bill Walker and PG Distributed Proofreaders |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 78.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Historical fiction |
| Subject | African Americans -- Fiction |
| Subject | Race relations -- Fiction |
| Subject | Racially mixed people -- Fiction |
| Subject | Riots -- Fiction |
| Subject | Wilmington (N.C.) -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 11228 |
| Release Date | Feb 1, 2004 |
| Last Update | Oct 28, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 832 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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