Children of the levee /Lafcadio Hearn ; edited by O.W. Frost ; introduction by John Ball.
Hearn, Lafcadio, 1850-1904,
Children of the levee /Lafcadio Hearn ; edited by O.W. Frost ; introduction by John Ball. - [Lexington] : University of Kentucky Press, (c)1957. - 1 online resource
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 --
9780813163055
African Americans--Ohio--Cincinnati.
African Americans--Social life and customs.
African Americans--Social life and customs.--Ohio--Cincinnati
Levees--Ohio River Valley.
Electronic Books.
F499 / .C455 1957
Children of the levee /Lafcadio Hearn ; edited by O.W. Frost ; introduction by John Ball. - [Lexington] : University of Kentucky Press, (c)1957. - 1 online resource
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 --
9780813163055
African Americans--Ohio--Cincinnati.
African Americans--Social life and customs.
African Americans--Social life and customs.--Ohio--Cincinnati
Levees--Ohio River Valley.
Electronic Books.
F499 / .C455 1957