Dec 25, 2009

Dust Tracks on a Road | Dust Tracks on a Road

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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

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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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Dust Tracks on a Road | Dust Tracks on a Road

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