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This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Published Dodd, Mead and Company in 1922 in 344 pages; Fiction / General; Fiction / Classics; Fiction / Literary; Literary Criticism / American / General;
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First published January 1, 1922
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August 9, 2022
The only reason I had access to this book was because a copy was given to my father as a birthday present back in the 1920s not too long after it had been published. A collection of Cohen's detective stories -"Jim Hanvey, Detective" - was recently reprinted and I read it last month and was so inspired to dig this one out and read it. Anyway, this is a humorous collection of short stories set in the African-American community of Birmingham, Alabama back in the day when strict racial segregation was mostly taken for granted. The characters are mostly sympathetically written (except when one of them is a villain) and most of them involve a rivalry for which of two suitors will win the pretty girl. The spelling of the spoken dialogue reflects the dialect spoken by the locals and one may need to sound it out to get the meaning. Overall, this book reflects the ethos of the 1920s - in terms of culture, transportation, morality etc.
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