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The colonel's dream / Charles W. Chesnutt ; with an introduction by SallyAnn H. Ferguson.
- Title
- The colonel's dream / Charles W. Chesnutt ; with an introduction by SallyAnn H. Ferguson.
- Author
- Chesnutt, Charles W. (Charles Waddell), 1858-1932
- Publication
- New Milford, CT : Toby Press, 2004.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | PS1292.C6 C65 2004 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xxiv, 281 p.; 22 cm.
- Summary
- "It is the turn of the twentieth century. Having achieved financial success in New York, Colonel French returns to his hometown of Clarendon, NC, determined to use his great wealth to bring about racial harmony through economic prosperity, in a south still reeling from the social upheaval of the Civil War. He devises schemes to bring jobs to all members of the community - without regard to 'race' - but underestimates the power of deep-seated racism to undermine his efforts. He fails horribly and loses his most cherished loved ones in the process, perhaps because he himself could not fully dispel his own Southern values."--Page [4] of cover.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Psychological fiction
- Psychological fiction.
- Fiction
- History
- Fiction.
- History.
- Note
- Originally published: New York : Doubleday, 1905.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- ISBN
- 1592640621 (pbk.)
- 9781592640621 (pbk.)
- OCLC
- 56589165
- SCSB-12344206
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library