The sport of the gods

By Paul Laurence Dunbar

Subjects: Fiction, family life, general, African Americans, African americans, fiction, Literary collections, Rural-urban migration, African American families, African Americans in fiction, Fiction, American fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, religious, African American families in fiction, Rural-urban migration in fiction, New york (n.y.), fiction

Description: Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872--1906) overcame racism and poverty to become one of the best-known authors in America, and the first African American to earn a living from his poetry, fiction, drama, journalism, and lectures. This original collection includes the short novel The Sport of the Gods, Dunbar's essential essays and short stories, and his finest poems, such as "Sympathy," all which explore crucial social, political, and humanistic issues at the dawn of the twentieth century.From the Trade Paperback edition.