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Author:

Plant, Deborah G., 1956-

Title:

Zora Neale Hurston : a biography of the spirit / Deborah G. Plant.

Publisher:

Praeger Publishers,

Copyright Date:

2007

Description:

xiii, 241 p., [6] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Hurston, Zora Neale.
Authors, American--20th century--Biography.
African American women--Southern States--Biography.
Folklorists--United States--Biography.
African American authors--Biography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-227) and index.

Contents:

Index. Joanne M. Braxton -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 6. essence of things -- 2. The pathless path -- 3. "A genius of the South" : an American genius -- 4. "Coming out more than conquer" : spirituality, empowerment, freedom, and peace -- 5. Who was Herod and what made him great? -- 6. Ancestral spirit -- Conclusion : Sankofa -- Notes -- Selected bibliography -- Index.

Series:

Women writers of color, 1559-7172

ISBN:

0275987515 (alk. paper)
9780275987510 (alk. paper)

LCCN:

2007021467

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)