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No one wants to send Freddie Brent—now motherless, abandoned by an alcoholic father presumed dead—to the orphanage. But the church ladies already have too many children of their own to feed and so many other burdens to bear. Miss Hester Prime, spinster, completely inexperienced in the art of child raising, astonishes them all by declaring that it is her “dooty” to take the child in and save it from the fate of his sinful parents. That she does. Freddie has one true friend—Miss Hester’s long-suffering suitor Eliphalet Hodges. “Uncle” ‘Liphalet, though, cannot save him from the fate she decides for her charge. Miss Hester wants to “make a preacher out o' him." Paul Laurence Dunbar established himself, during his all-too-brief life, as the premiere African-American poet of his time. In this novel he proves himself an equally capable writer of prose. His chosen theme is timeless and crosses all cultures.
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Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906) was born in Dayton, Ohio, where he attended high school as the only African-American enrolled. A gifted student, he was president of his class, as well as editor of the school newspaper and president of the literary society. He started writing poetry as a young child, and it was in that field where he gained his principal place in American literature. Dunbar was, in fact, the first African-American to gain significant acceptance as a poet. In 1898, he married poet Alice Ruth Moore, but their relationship was stormy, partly because of his growing dependence on alcohol (beginning when his doctor urged him to drink in order to find relief from his tuberculosis). Dunbar was associated with some of the most important and famous people of his time, including his former classmates and lifelong friends Orville and Wilbur Wright and the two most prominent African-Americans then living—Frederick Douglass and Booker T. Washington. In addition, he received a ceremonial sword from President Theodore Roosevelt. The works of Paul Laurence Dunbar include numerous volumes of poetry and five novels. His ill-health, however, led to an early death at the age of thirty-three.
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- EditorialCreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
- Año de publicación2013
- ISBN 10 1490422943
- ISBN 13 9781490422947
- EncuadernaciónTapa blanda
- Número de páginas130
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