PETERKIN, Julia.

£525 · Offered by Peter Harrington · No longer available

Black April. First edition, first printing. "Peterkin's epic novel about a plantation foreman, Black April, appeared in 1927, and this time there was no confusion about the author's race. Peterkin had changed publishers to Bobbs-Merrill, a sales-oriented firm with an aggressive publicity department. Advertised as the work of a southern plantation mistress, Black April climbed onto the best-seller lists and established Peterkin as an authority on black folklore. One of the novel's greatest strengths, the critics said, was that it did not contain a single white character" (ANB).

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