That Dunbar Boy (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Jean Gould
- First Published: 1958
- Time of Work: 1876–1901
- Setting: Chicago, Indiana, New York, Ohio, and Washington, D.C.
- Principal Characters: Paul Laurence Dunbar, Frederick Douglass, Alice Moore Dunbar, Matilda Dunbar, William Dean Howells, Mary Church Terrell, Charles Thatcher, Booker T. Washington, Wilbur
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: African Americans, Family or family life, Authors or writers, Poetry or poets, Writing, Biography, Elevators
- Locales: New York, Ohio, Chicago, IL, Washington, D.C., Indiana
Form and Content
Jean Gould’s That Dunbar Boy: The Story of America’s Famous Negro Poet tells the story of Paul Laurence Dunbar. The biography mainly focuses on the development of Dunbar as a poet and writer. The first ten chapters describe Dunbar’s life as a boy growing up in Dayton, Ohio, and the final chapters recount Dunbar’s struggles to become accepted as a writer after his graduation from high school. Gould’s approach makes the book appealing to young readers, who perhaps will identify with the poet whom they first meet as a child.
A young man who...
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