Hardback. New. On February 10, 1906, Alice Ruth Moore, estranged wife of renowned early twentieth-century poet Paul Laurence Dunbar, boarded a streetcar, settled comfortably into her seat, and opened her newspaper to learn of her husband's death the day before. This book traces the tempestuous romance of America's most noted African-American literary couple. ISBN 0814706967 9780814706961 [GB]

NYU Press, Date: 2001-08-31. hardcover. New. 6x0x9. 2001. NYU Press ISBN 0814706967 9780814706961 [US]

New York NYU Press 2001 First Edition; Second Printing Hardcover Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket.; 9.3 X 6.3 X 0.9 inches; 241 pages.

ISBN10: 0814706967, ISBN13: 9780814706961, [publisher: NYU Press, New York] Hardcover First Edition Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. ; 9.3 X 6.3 X 0.9 inches; 241 pages.
[Pomona, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2001]
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New York. 2002. New York University Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket . 0814706967. 243 pages. hardcover. ABOUT THE COVER: Paul Laurence Dunbar, C. 1900. Courtesy of the Ohio Historical Society. Alice Moore Dunbar, C. 1900. Alice Dunbar-Nelson Papers, University of Delaware library, Newark Delaware. keywords: History Biography Paul Laurence Dunbar Alice Ruth Moore America African American Literature Poetry. FROM THE PUBLISHER - On February 10, 1906 Alice Ruth Moore, estranged wife of renowned early- twentieth-century poet Paul Laurence Dunbar, boarded a streetcar, settled comfortably into her seat, and opened her newspaper to learn of her husband's death the day before. Paul Laurence Dunbar, son of former slaves, whom Frederick Douglass had dubbed 'the most promising young colored man in America,' was dead from tuberculosis at the age of 33. LYRICS OF SUNSHINE AND SHADOW traces the tempestuous romance of America's most noted African American literary couple. Drawing on a variety of love letters, diaries, journals, and autobiographies, Eleanor Alexander vividly recounts Dunbar and Moore's tumultuous affair, from a courtship conducted almost entirely through letters and an elopement brought on by Dunbar's brutal drunken rape of Moore, through their passionate marriage and its eventual violent dissolution in 1902. Moore, once having left Dunbar, rejected his every entreaty to return to him, responding to his many letters only once, ...

ISBN10: 0814706967, ISBN13: 9780814706961, [publisher: New York University Press] Hardcover AS NEW BOOK, but we tore off a small eraser size piece of the rear Dust Jacket at the bottom.
[Greenville, ME, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2001]

New York University Press. Used - Very Good. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects. New York University Press ISBN 0814706967 9780814706961 [US]

New York University Press. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects. New York University Press ISBN 0814706967 9780814706961 [US]