The Marrow of Tradition
The Marrow of Tradition (Black Classics) Charles Waddell Chesnutt,
Publisher: X Press
ISBN: 1874509123
DDC: 813
Edition: Paperback; 1998-04
Summary:
Elected black and white fusion party office holders run the fictional
City of Wellington in this classic American novel set in the South at
the end of Reconstruction in 1898. Bent upon restoring the
traditional social order, a cabal of white racists engineer a race
riot to drive the fusionists from office and restrict the "nigger"
vote. Using the Wilmington, N.C. race riot of 1898 and the events
leading up to it as his model, Chesnutt artfully explores the tangled
skeins of motives propelling all his characters. Interesting and
complex subplots abound, peopled by colorful characters of both races
subjected to unmanageable colliding emotions that are energized by
race, love, greed, shame, and unquenchable thirsts for power.
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