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Mules and men / Zora Neale Hurston ; preface by Franz Boas ; with a new foreword by Arnold Rampersad ; illustrations by Miguel Covarrubias.
Author
Hurston, Zora Neale
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Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
1st Perennial Library ed.
Published/Created
New York : Harper Perennial, 1990.
Description
xxiii, 309, [1] p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Details
Subject(s)
African Americans
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Louisiana
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Folklore
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African Americans
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Florida
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Folklore
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Tales
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Louisiana
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Tales
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Florida
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Vodou
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Louisiana
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African Americans
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Florida
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Music
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African Americans
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Louisiana
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Music
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Former owner
Derrida, Jacques
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Related name
Library of Jacques Derrida (Princeton University Library)
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Library of Congress genre(s)
Music
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Rare books genre
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Contained in
Library of Jacques Derrida box B-000292.
Notes
Originally published: J.B. Lippincott, c1935.
A collection of black American Folklore and Hoodoo.
Derrida copy Inscribed copy. Dealer note: Ex-dono : "To Jacques Derrida in respect & trust [Nalum D. Charles (???illisible)] 4/25/91". Check-in observation: Dog-eared page 257.
Derrida copy Stored in box B-000292. Forms part of: The Library of Jacques Derrida, Studio Series. Studio. Wall 2.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-302).
Contents
John and the frog
Witness of the Johnstown Flood in heaven
How the brother was called to preach
How the preacher made them bow down
Pa Henry's prayer
How the church came to be split up
Why negroes are black
Why women always take advantage of men
Sue, Sal and that pretty Johnson gal
The Quickest trick
How to write a letter
A Fast horse
"Ah'll beatcher makin' money"
The "Workinist pill you ever seen "
How Jack beat the devil
"John Henry"
Ole Massa and John who wanted to go to heaven
Massa and the bear
Why the sister in black works the hardest
"De reason niggers is working so hard"
Deer hunting story
Big talk
The First colored man in Massa's house
What smelled worse
The Fortune teller
How negroes got their freedom
The Turtle watch.
"From pine to pine Mr. Pinkney"
"God an' de devil in de cemetery"
Praying for rain
Kill the white folks
"Member youse a nigger"
"You think I'm gointer pay you but I ain't
Why the mocking bird is away on Friday
Man and the catfish
How the snake got poison
How the woodpecker nearly drowned the whole world
How the possum lost the hair off his tail
How the 'gator got his mouth
How Brer 'Gator got his tongue worn out
How the 'gator got black
How Brer dog lost his beautiful voice
What the rabbit learned
The goat that flagged a train
Shooting up hill
Tall hunting story
The Hawk and the buzzard
Why they always use rawhide on a mule
Why we have gophers
How god made butterflies
How the cat got nine lives
The Son who went to college
Why the waves have whitecaps.
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Derrida copy folder 13 2.2.3.15 (M)
ISBN
0060916486 :
LCCN
89045672
OCLC
21160588
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Mules and men / Zora Neale Hurston ; preface by Franz Boas ; with a new foreword by Arnold Rampersad ; illustrations by Miguel Covarrubias.
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