Darktown Strutters: A Novel

by Wesley Brown

afterword by W. T. Lhamon

University of Massachusetts Press, 2000

Paper: 978-1-55849-270-7 | eISBN: 978-1-68575-366-5 (ePub) | eISBN: 978-1-68575-365-8 (PDF)

ABOUT THIS BOOK

Darktown Strutters is the story of Jim Crow, a remarkable dancer, born in slavery, who performs in minstrel shows, South and North, during the furious times of pre- and post- Civil War America. Touching, harrowing, and inspiring, Darktown Strutters is a unique novel of courage and pride from the author of Tragic Magic.

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