Waters Edward Turpin

These Low Grounds (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

"A fine and important book." Edna Ferber. A forerunner to family history legacies such as Roots, this 1937 novel recounts the struggles of four generations of an African American family, from a freed slave to an aspiring teacher.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Guilford Publications
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juli 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780486847795
• Artikelnr.: 59817474

Autorenporträt

Waters E. Turpin (19101968) was an educator, novelist, playwright, director, television lecturer, and drama critic. Turpin taught and wrote widely, although he published only three novels: These Low Grounds (1937); followed by O Canaan! (1939), which traces the Depression-era progress of migratory farmers from the South to Chicago; and The Rootless (1957).