The Garies and Their Friends:

Name: The Garies and Their Friends:
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ISBN: 9781554811519

ISBN-10: 1554811511

ISBN-13: 9781554811519

Edition: 2016

Authors: Frank J. Webb, W. Huntting Howell, Megan Walsh

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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 Friendstells the story of two families struggling for different 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 fast-moving, the novel has a Dickensian mix of uncanny…

Book details

List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 2016
Publisher: Broadview Pr
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 280
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English