TY - BOOK AU - Hearn,Lafcadio AU - Frost,O.W. AU - Ball,John Dudley AU - TI - Children of the levee /Lafcadio Hearn ; edited by O.W. Frost ; introduction by John Ball SN - 9780813163055 AV - F499 .C455 1957 PY - 1957/// CY - [Lexington] PB - University of Kentucky Press KW - African Americans KW - Ohio KW - Cincinnati KW - Social life and customs KW - Levees KW - Ohio River Valley KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; 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; 2; b N2 - 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 -- UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=938496&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -