Minnie's Sacrifice, Sowing and Reaping, Trial and Triumph: Three Rediscovered Novels

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Author/Contributor(s): Harper, Frances; Foster, Frances Smith Publisher: Beacon Press Date: 3/10/2000 Binding: Paperback Condition: NEW Winner of the College Language Association B ook AwardFrances Smith Foster has rediscovered three novels by Frances E. W. Harper, the best-known African-American writer of the nineteenth century and author of the classic Iola Leroy. Originally serialized in issues of The Christian Recorder between 1868 and 1888, these works address issues of passing, social responsibility, courtship, sexuality, and temperance, and are the first to have been written specifically for an African-American audience. Show more