Bricks Without Straw
New York: Fords, Howard & Hulbert, [1880].
First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 7" X 5", 521 pp + ads, bound in original mustard cloth decorated in black. Lower corners bumped, light soiling to boards (including cup ring), ownership signature dated 1880 on front flyleaf, binding sound, text clean. BAL 20349. "A classic of American political fiction first published in 1880, a mere three years after Reconstruction officially ended, Bricks Without Straw offers an inside view of the struggle to create a just society in the post-slavery South. It is unique among the white-authored literary works of its time in presenting Reconstruction through the eyes of emancipated slaves" (Duke University Press publisher's description).
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