<I>The Marrow of Tradition</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1901
name: label: Written by
content: Charles W. Chesnutt, American, 1858 - 1932
label: Published by
content: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, American, founded 1880
label: Printed by
content: Riverside Press, American, 1852 - 1971
notes: label: Description
content: This hardcover book is a first edition, first printing of The Marrow of Tradition, a novel by Charles Chesnutt. The novel presents a fictional account of the Wilmington Race Riot of 1898. The book has a yellow cloth binding. The front cover features the title, [The Marrow / of / Tradition], printed in black in an inverted, black triangle at the top center with a silver floral design at the tip of the triangle. The author's name is in black text, [CHARLES W. CHESNUTT], centered at the base of the book cover. The spine text is all printed in black type. The text along the top third of the spine reads, [The / Marrow / of / Tradition]. The author's name [CHARLES W. / CHESNUTT], is embossed on the center of the spine and the name of the publishers [HOUGHTON / MIFFLIN CO] is printed across the bottom of the spine. At the top, bottom and area between the text of the spine are black and silver lines. At the center of the spine is a silver floral motif. The back cover of the book is blank. The book is three hundred and twenty-nine (329) pages and includes a title page and contents pages.
place: label: Place printed
content: Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Literature
label: Topic
content: Race discrimination
label: Topic
content: Race relations
label: Topic
content: Race riots
label: Topic
content: Segregation
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1865-1921
label: Topic
content: Violence
label: Topic
content: White supremacy movements
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Books and Published Materials
label: Exhibition
content: Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: The Era of Segregation, 1876-1968
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 2, C 2053
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2021.75
objectType: label: Type
content: hardcover books
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public Domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper with silver leaf and cloth
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 7 7/8 × 5 1/8 × 1 5/16 in. (20 × 13 × 3.4 cm)