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The Conjure Woman

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  • Author: Chesnutt, Charles W.
    Contributor: Apple Alex (synthetic)
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    2011
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    Contents: The goophered grapevine.--Po' Sandy.--Mars Jeem's nightmare.--The conjurer's revenge.--Sis' Becky's pickaninny.--The gray wolf's ha'nt.--Hot-Foot Hannibal. Note these stories were written in the dialect of the American south of the 19th century. It employes terms and descriptions common to that era which modern readers may find offensive.

    Subject(s): Dialect literature, American | Manners and customs | North Carolina | Southern States
    Original Publisher: Victoria Park, WA, Association for the Blind of Western Australia
    Language(s): English