The autobiography of an ex-coloured man /
"Narrated by a man whose light skin enables him to 'pass' for white, the novel describes a journey through the strata of black society at the turn of the century--from a cigar factory in Jacksonville to an elite gambling club in New York, from genteel aristocrats to the musicians who...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Vintage Books,
1989.
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| Edition: | First Vintage Books edition. |
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| Online Access: | Publisher description |
| Summary: | "Narrated by a man whose light skin enables him to 'pass' for white, the novel describes a journey through the strata of black society at the turn of the century--from a cigar factory in Jacksonville to an elite gambling club in New York, from genteel aristocrats to the musicians who hammered out the rhythms of ragtime"--Page 4 of cover. |
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| Item Description: | "Originally published, in hardcover, by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York, in 1927"--Title page verso. |
| Physical Description: | xl, 211 pages ; 21 cm Also issued online. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages xxv-xxix). |
| ISBN: | 0679727531 9780679727538 |