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Children of the levee /Lafcadio Hearn ; edited by O.W. Frost ; introduction by John Ball.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: [Lexington] : University of Kentucky Press, (c)1957.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780813163055
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • F499 .C455 1957
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
Contents:
A child of the levee -- Dolly -- Banjo Jim's story --Pariah people -- Jot -- Ole man Pickett -- Levee life -- Black varieties -- "Butler's" -- Auntie Porter -- The rising of the waters -- Genius loci.
Subject: Cincinnati in the 1870's was the largest inland city in the nation. Much of its prosperity and growth it owed to the commerce which floated along its Ohio River boundary on the way between Pittsburgh and New Orleans. This traffic also sustained a unique African American culture --
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Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD) Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD) G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE Non-fiction F499.5 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Link to resource Available ocn900344989

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction -- A child of the levee -- Dolly -- Banjo Jim's story --Pariah people -- Jot -- Ole man Pickett -- Levee life -- Black varieties -- "Butler's" -- Auntie Porter -- The rising of the waters -- Genius loci.

Cincinnati in the 1870's was the largest inland city in the nation. Much of its prosperity and growth it owed to the commerce which floated along its Ohio River boundary on the way between Pittsburgh and New Orleans. This traffic also sustained a unique African American culture --

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