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01437aam a2200289 a 4500 001 72CE02F678C911EB9BAD6BC04EECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210227010010 008 210201s20211932 000 0 eng d 020 $a 0008216479 020 $a 9780008216474 040 $d SILO 100 1 $a Fisher, Rudolph, $d 1897-1934. 245 14 $a The conjure-man dies / $c Rudolph Fisher with an introduction by Stanley Ellin. 260 $a London : $b Collins Crime Club, $c 2021, 1932. 300 $a 293 pages. 500 $a "This novel is entrely a work of fiction. it is presentedin its original form and depits ethnic, racial and sexual prejudices that were commonplace at the time it was written"--title page. "The Conjure-man dies was the very first detective novel written by an African-American"--Page [4] of cover. 520 $a Perry Dart, one of Harlem's ten African-American black police detectives, investigates the murder of N'Gana Frimbo, the African conjure-man. Also includes the short story "John Archer's Nose." 650 0 $a Fortune-tellers $x Fiction. $x Fiction. 650 0 $a African American detectives $x Fiction. 650 0 $a Harlem (New York, N.Y.) $x Fiction. 650 0 $a Murder. $x Fiction. $x Fiction. 700 $a Ellin, Stanley. 941 $a 2 952 $l ALPE516 $d 20240417015518.0 952 $l BRPD251 $d 20240119015719.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=72CE02F678C911EB9BAD6BC04EECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search