Black April
By: by Julia Peterkin
Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap
Published: 1927
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 315
Subjects: African American families; Fiction; Plantation life; African Americans; Gullahs
Description: Black April, the foreman of Blue Brook Plantation, must confront his own mortality and the tragic consequence of human desire in this simple tale of black country life in coastal South Carolina.
Table of contents: title: April's father; title: April's son; title: Cousin big Sue; title: Julia; title: Blue Brook; title: Uncle Bill; title: A birth-night supper; title: The premises; title: Saturday afternoon; title: The barnyard; title: Hunting 'possums and turkeys; title: Duck-hunting; title: The quilting; title: Church; title: Field work; title: Plowing; title: Hog-killing; title: Joy and April; title: At April's house; title: Seeking.