THE FIRST AND ONLY SHORT STORY COLLECTION BY WILLIAM MELVIN KELLEY, AUTHOR OF 'A DIFFERENT DRUMMER', AND THE SOURCE FROM WHICH HE DREW INSPIRATION FOR HIS SUBSEQUENT VOICES.
Originally published in 1964, this collection of 16 stories in three linked sets of stories about the Carey, Bedlow, and Dunford families. They represent the earliest work of William Melvin Kelley and provided a source of stories and characters who were to fill his later novels. Spanning generations from the Deep South during Reconstruction to New York City in the 1960s, these insightful stories depict African-American families - their struggles, their heartbeat, and thier love.
THE FIRST AND ONLY SHORT STORY COLLECTION BY WILLIAM MELVIN KELLEY, AUTHOR OF 'A DIFFERENT DRUMMER', AND THE SOURCE FROM WHICH HE DREW INSPIRATION FOR HIS SUBSEQUENT VOICES.
Originally published in 1964, this collection of 16 stories in three linked sets of stories about the Carey, Bedlow, and Dunford families. They represent the earliest work of William Melvin Kelley and provided a source of stories and characters who were to fill his later novels. Spanning generations from the Deep South during Reconstruction to New York City in the 1960s, these insightful stories depict African-American families - their struggles, their heartbeat, and thier love.