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The conjure-man dies : a mystery tale of dark Harlem / by Rudolph Fisher.
- Title
- The conjure-man dies : a mystery tale of dark Harlem / by Rudolph Fisher.
- Author
- Fisher, Rudolph, 1897-1934
- Publication
- Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 1992.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | PS3511.I7436 C66 1992 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 316 p.; 21 cm.
- Summary
- An African king with a degree from Harvard who set himself up as a "conjure-man", a fortune teller, is murdered in 1930s Harlem. This is the first known mystery novel written by an African American.
- Series Statement
- Ann Arbor paperbacks
- Alternative Title
- Mystery tale of dark Harlem
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Detective and mystery fiction
- Fiction
- Mystery fiction
- Note
- "Originally published in New York in 1932"--T.p. verso.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- ISBN
- 0472094920 (clothbound : alk. paper)
- 0472064924 (paperbound : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^^91044256^
- OCLC
- 25026517
- SCSB-12607587
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library