Forgotten readers : recovering the lost history of African-American literary societies

by Elizabeth McHenry

Paper Book, 2002

Status

Available

Call number

Literature / McHenry

Series

New Americanists

Genres

Collection

Literature

Publication

Durham : Duke University Press, 2002.

Description

Recovers the history of nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century African American reading societies.

Call number

Literature / McHenry

Language

English

Subjects

ISBN

9780822329954

Awards

DeLong Book History Book Prize (Winner — 2003)
Hurston/Wright Legacy Award (Winner — 2003)
BCALA Literary Awards (Winner — Nonfiction — 2003)

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