Dust Tracks on a Road (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Zora Neale Hurston
- First Published: 1942
- Time of Work: 1891–1942
- Setting: Florida, Maryland, Washington, D.C., New York, Jamaica, and Haiti
- Principal Characters: Zora Neale Hurston, John Hurston, Lucy Potts Hurston, Mrs. Rufus Osgood Mason, Dr. Franz Boas
- Genres: Criticism
- Subjects: African Americans
- Locales: New York, NY
Form and Content
In Dust Tracks on a Road: An Autobiography, Zora Neale Hurston writes about her struggle as a writer, a woman, and an African American, rising from rural poverty to become a prominent American literary figure of the twentieth century. The book was written at the height of her popularity, and it shows Hurston’s own personal interpretation of the events that shaped her career as a writer and anthropologist. The first nine chapters are recounted in chronological order, beginning with the stories of Hurston’s birthplace and early years through her...
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