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What Answer? By Anna E. Dickinson. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1868. First Edition, 301 pp, 7.25 x 4.75", 12mo. Advert 1: Anna Dickinson Will Lecture at Taylor Opera House, Tuesday Evening, Oct. 11, 1870. Admission: Dress Circle, 50 Cents. Balcony, 30 Cents. 3.75 x 9.5". Advert 2: Lecture by Miss Anna E. Dickinson. The management are pleased to announce to the citizens of Augusta [Georgia] and vicinity that they have secured Miss Anna E. Dickinson for a Lecture, Granite Hall, Augusta, on Friday Evening, Jan. 17, 1873. Subject -- "What's to Hinder?" Price of Admission is placed at the exceeding low sum of 35 cents, -- Reserved Seats 50 cents. This is done to afford all classes an opportunity to hear this distinguished lady orator. The sale of Reserved Seats will commence, at the Eastern Express Office, on Monday, January 13th, at 10 o'clock A.M. Doors Open at 7 o'clock, Lecture to Commence at 8. 7.75 x 4.75". In fair condition. Red cloth boards are scuffed at edges & worn/bumped at corners. Head and tail of spine bumped, with some chipping to tail. Binding cocked. Gilt lettering on spine slightly dulled from shelf-wear, but overall clean. Tea stain exhibited to top corner of front fly-leaf. Front gutter split at copyright page. Binding at signatures are fragile with exposed cording, but still intact. No known previous ownership. Toning throughout text-block, mostly around edges. Bindings intact, hinges fragile. Adverts are lightly toned, with the Taylor Opera House lecture exhibits small tea-stain to bottom edge. Age staining to "What's to Hinder?"s top edge. Please see photos and ask questions, if any, before purchasing. This first and only novel, What Answer?, by Anna E. Dickinson (1842-1932), a well-known 19th-century orator, abolitionist, and advocate of racial equality and women's rights, attracted tremendous interest when it first appeared in the fall of 1868, and was enthusiastically endorsed by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Set in the midst of the Civil War, this controversial work of fiction traces the tragic history of an interracial marriage, which is doomed to disaster by the intolerance of a northern society that refused to accept racial equality. The central love story provoked strong reactions from supporters and critics alike. Dickinson's friends praised the power of her tale and the poignancy of the lovers' fate, while some critics voiced disgust at then every notion of miscegenation. To portray such a relationship only three years after the Civil War was, to many, an act of remarkable audacity. Thought the work will never be praised as a masterful literary creation, its themes of racial tension and justice have given it enduring value. Also lending the story interest are Dickinson's impassioned descriptions of two infamous historical events: the terrible New York City Draft Riots of July 1863 and the storming of Fort Wagner by black troops of the famed 54th Massachusetts regiment. Even more important is the glimpse she provides into the conflicted attitudes of average white Northern citizens towards blacks after the Civil War. A scene in a Philadelphia streetcar depicting the mixed reactions of the passengers to a confrontation between a drunken white bigot and a wounded black soldier seems to forecast the Rosa Parks bus incident and the beginnings of the Civil Rights movement almost one hundred years later. Anna Dickinson averaged a speech every other day during her career as an activist, and she earned as much as twenty-thousand dollars annually, an amazing amount for that era. She spoke at Taylor Opera House in Trenton, New Jersey. It was the city's first theater, and was founded by John Taylor, creator of Pork Roll and one of Trenton's leading citizens. The theater presented the major speakers of the day, including Mark Twain, Ethel Barrymore, and George M. Cohan, and played host to political conventions, Bible conference, musical revues and local meetings and events. Her lecture in Augusta, Georgia, entitled Wha. N° de ref. del artículo RAREA1868HQRB
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