Crossing the danger water
Subtitle: three hundred years of African-American writing
By: edited and with an introduction by Deirdre Mullane.
Contributors: Mullane, Deirdre.
Edition: 1st Anchor Books ed.
Publisher: Anchor Books
Published: 1993
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 769
Subjects: American literature -- African American authors.; African Americans -- Literary collections.; African Americans -- History.
Genres: Literary collections.
Description: The history of African Americans is explored in their writings, narratives, letters, editorials, speeches, lyrics, & folktales, from U.S. colonial times to today. Here is the most comprehensive collection of African-American writing to date and includes poetry, prose, speeches, songs, documents, and letters from the pre-Colonial era through today's best and most well-known writers. An anthology that anyone interested in the full scope of African-American history should not be without. The history of African-American life and thought presented in this anthology represents a far-reaching written and oral tradition, which is thought-provoking, inspiring, and impressive in its breadth. It includes poetry and prose by today's best and most well-known writers.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [753]-756) and index.