O Canaan! : a novel
- Author/Creator:
- Turpin, Waters E. 1910- (Waters Edward)
- Publication/Creation:
- New York : Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1939
- Resource Type:
- Book
- Edition:
- First edition.
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Additional/Related Title Information
- Full Title:
- O Canaan! : a novel / Waters E. Turpin
- Collection:
- Thomas H. Wirth Collection (Emory University. MARBL)
Related Names
- Additional Author/Creators:
- Wirth, Thomas H., 1938-2014, collector
Thomas H. Wirth Collection (Emory University. MARBL)
Subjects/Genre
- Genre:
- African American author
- Subjects:
- African Americans--Migration--History--20th century--Fiction
African Americans--Social conditions--Fiction
Rural-urban migration--United States--History--20th century--Fiction
Description/Summary
- Summary:
- In 1916, Joe Benson leads his family and neighbors away from a ruined cotton crop in Mississippi towards the promise of a better life in the war-hungry factories of the north. Instead, they meet ephemeral success, slow failure, or abrupt doom in this struggle for human rights.
- Language:
- English
- Physical Type/Description:
- 311 pages ; 21 cm.
- Local Note:
- Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library copy has dust jacket; from the collection of Thomas H. Wirth.
Additional Identifiers
- Catalog ID (MMSID):
- 990035446530302486
- OCLC Number:
- 3682713
03682713 - Barcode:
- 010002482439
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