num_pages: 480
description: A 1901 novel about racial conflict in a Southern town, this edition of Marrow of Tradition explores caste, gender, and race after Reconstruction along with postbellum laws and lynching, and the 1898 Wilmington riot to highlight the culture of segregation experienced in this time.
language: English
title: The Marrow of Tradition
titlecomplete: The Marrow of Tradition (Bedford Cultural Editions)
genres: Literature, American, School, Classics, African American, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Race, Read For School, College
ratings_count: 3098
publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's