Charles W. Chesnutt

Charles W. Chesnutt

Charles W. Chesnutt

CHARLES W. CHESNUTT, born in 1858, is generally acknowledged as the first publicly acclaimed African American novelist. Between 1885 and 1905 he published more than fifty tales and essays, two collections of short stories, a biography of Frederick Douglass, and three novels.

BOOKS BY THIS AUTHOR

The Civil Rights Reader The Civil Rights Reader
Southern Local Color Southern Local Color
The House Behind the Cedars The House Behind the Cedars