Description: Unjustly overlooked in its own time, Frank J. Webb's novel of pre-Civil War Philadelphia weaves together action, humor, and social commentary. The Garies and Their Friends tells the story of two families struggling for di| erent sorts of respectability: the Garies, a well-to-do interracial couple who relocate to Philadelphia from the plantation South in order to legalize their marriage, and their friends the Ellises, free black Philadelphians hoping to make the move from the working class into the bourgeoisie. Along the way the families confront racialized violence, melodramatic villainy, and sentimental reversals. Entertaining and fastmoving, the novel has a Dickensian mix of uncanny coincidence and interwoven personal experiences.The historical documents accompanying this Broadview Edition provide reviews of the novel along with extensive materials on slavery, the color line, and contemporary Philadelphia.
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EAN: 9781554811519
UPC: 9781554811519
ISBN: 9781554811519
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Item Weight: 0.34 kg
Book Title: Garies and Their Friends (1857)
Number of Pages: 416 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Broadview Press
Item Height: 0.6 in
Topic: Classics, African American / General
Publication Year: 2016
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Fiction
Author: Frank J. Webb
Item Length: 8.5 in
Book Series: Broadview Editions Ser.
Item Width: 5.5 in
Format: Trade Paperback
