Name: The Strength of Gideon and Other Stories
Author: Paul Laurence Dunbar
ISBN: 978-1374966611

Literature & Fiction | African American Literature

The Strength of Gideon and Other Stories

By Paul Laurence Dunbar 2 Nov, 2019

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Excerpt.......Old Mam' Henry and her word may be taken, said that it was "De powerfulles' sehmont she ever had hyeahd in all huh bo'n days." That was saying a good deal, for the old woman had lived many years on the Stone place and had heard many ser ... Read more

Excerpt.......Old Mam' Henry and her word may be taken, said that it was "De powerfulles' sehmont she ever had hyeahd in all huh bo'n days." That was saying a good deal, for the old woman had lived many years on the Stone place and had heard many sermons from preachers, white and black. She was a judge, too. It really must have been a powerful sermon that Brother Lucius preached, for Aunt Doshy Scott had fallen in a trance in the middle of the aisle, while "Merlatter Mag," who was famed all over the place for having white folk's religion and never "waking up," had broken through her reserve and shouted all over the campground. Less

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Paul Laurence Dunbar

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Paul Laurence Dunbar (June 27, 1872 – February 9, 1906) was an American poet, novelist, and playwright of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Born in Dayton, Ohio, to parents who had been enslav...

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