num_pages: 400
description: This novel is based on a historically accurate account of the Wilmington, North Carolina, "race riot" of 1898, and is a passionate portrait of the betrayal of black culture in America, by an acclaimed African-American writer. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
language: English
title: The Marrow of Tradition
titlecomplete: The Marrow of Tradition
genres: Fiction, American, School, Literature, Read For School, Classics, College, Historical Fiction, Race, African American
ratings_count: 3098
publisher: Penguin Classics