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100 1 _aDunbar, Paul Laurence,
_d1872-1906
245 1 4 _aThe heart of Happy Hollow
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2008
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2008-02-29
505 0 _aThe Scapegoat -- One Christmas at Shiloh -- The Mission of Mr. Scatters -- A Matter of Doctrine -- Old Abe's Conversion -- The Race Question -- A Defender Of The Faith -- Cahoots -- The Promoter -- The Wisdom of Silence -- The Triumph of Ol' Mis' Pease -- The Lynching of Jube Benson -- Schwalliger's Philanthropy -- The Interference of Patsy Ann -- The Home-Coming of 'Rastus Smith -- The Boy and the Bayonet.
508 _aProduced by Greg Bergquist, Suzanne Shell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"The Heart of Happy Hollow" by Paul Laurence Dunbar is a collection of stories written in the late 19th century. The book depicts the lives and experiences of African Americans in a small Southern town, exploring themes such as community, identity, and the challenges of social and racial dynamics. Through a range of characters and narratives, Dunbar highlights the resilience, humor, and complexity of their lives. The opening of the collection introduces the setting of Happy Hollow, a place symbolically representing the African American experience, where joy and sorrow coexist. Dunbar outlines various incidents and characters that illustrate the daily lives, aspirations, and struggles of the community. He begins with the story of Robinson Asbury, a barber who rises to political prominence but faces challenges and betrayals as he navigates the intersection of race and power in politics. This sets a tone that blends social commentary with personal narratives, suggesting that the stories to follow will further explore these themes through the lives of other characters in Happy Hollow. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aShort stories
653 _aAfrican Americans -- Fiction
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24716
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