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Author Fisher, Rudolph, 1897-1934.

Title The city of refuge : the collected stories of Rudolph Fisher / edited with an Introduction by John McCluskey, Jr
Edition New and expanded ed
Published Columbia : University of Missouri Press, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 342 pages)
Contents Preface; Introduction; I. The Quest; The City of Refuge; Ringtail; The South Lingers On; Ezekiel; Ezekiel Learns; The Promised Land; Guardian of the Law; Miss Cynthie; II. The New Land; High Yaller; Dust; The Backslider; Fire by Night; Blades of Steel; Common Meter; John Archer's Nose; III. The Unpublished Stories; The Lost Love Blues; The Man Who Passed; Skeeter; Across the Airshaft; The Lindy-Hop; One Month's Wages; A Perfect Understanding; Appendix; Works of Rudolph Fisher
Summary "Harlem Renaissance tales that deal with the problems faced by newcomers to Harlem, ancestor figures who struggle to instill a sense of integrity in the young, problems of violence and vengeance, and tensions of caste and class. This version is expanded to include seven previously unpublished stories"--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-342) and index
Notes English
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Subject Fisher, Rudolph, 1897-1934.
SUBJECT Fisher, Rudolph, 1897-1934
Fisher, Rudolph, 1897-1934 fast
Subject Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography
Physicians -- United States -- Biography
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
Authors, American
Physicians
United States
Genre/Form Biographies
Form Electronic book
Author McCluskey, John
ISBN 9780826266583
0826266584