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Author Lyons, Mary E.

Title Sorrow's kitchen : the life and folklore of Zora Neale Hurston / Mary E. Lyons.

Publication Info. New York, NY : Aladdin Paperbacks, 1993.

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  PS3515.U789 Z78 1993    Available  ---
Description xiii, 144 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
age Children
Series Great achievers
Great achievers.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-139) and index.
Contents Home: Mama's child -- Eatonville: Wandering -- Baltimore and Washington: Walking on fly-paper -- Harlem I: Eatonville Anthology -- Harlem II: Courting ritual -- Florida: Mosquito lies -- New Orleans: Black and bitters -- Haiti: Zombies -- New York: Jealousy -- Dust Tracks: High John the conquer -- Florida: Looking for Zora.
Summary Describes the life and work of the prolific black author who wrote stories, plays, essays, and articles, recorded black folklore, and was involved in the Harlem Renaissance.
Subject Hurston, Zora Neale -- Juvenile literature.
Hurston, Zora Neale.
African American women novelists -- 20th century -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
African American women novelists.
Chronological Term 20th century
Genre/Form Biographies.
Subject Women folklorists -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Women folklorists.
United States.
African Americans -- Florida -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans.
Florida.
Genre/Form Biographies.
ISBN 0020444451 : $6.95