The fire in the flint by Walter White

"The Fire in the Flint" by Walter White is a novel published in 1924. It follows Dr. Kenneth Harper, an African American physician and World War I veteran, who returns to his Georgia hometown to open a medical practice. Initially reluctant to engage with racial tensions, Harper is eventually forced to confront the Ku Klux Klan after experiencing violent racism from white residents. Written during the Harlem Renaissance, the novel powerfully illuminates racial oppression in early 20th-century America. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author White, Walter, 1893-1955
Illustrator Lewis, Allen, 1873-1957
LoC No. 24021400
Title The fire in the flint
Original Publication United States: Alfred A. Knopf,1924.
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fire_in_the_Flint
Credits Neal Caren. This file was derived from images generously made available by the University of Michigan through the HathiTrust.
Reading Level Reading ease score: 80.8 (6th grade). Easy to read.
Language English
LoC Class PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Subject Bildungsromans
Subject Young men -- Fiction
Subject Medical fiction
Subject Race relations -- Fiction
Subject Georgia -- Fiction
Subject African American physicians -- Fiction
Category Text
eBook-No. 69877
Release Date
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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