The Marrow Of Tradition is a novel is complex novel grounded on a historically accurate account of the Wilmington, North Carolina "race riot" of 1898. It was written by AfricanAmerican writer Charles Waddell Chesnutt.In this book, the writer narrates a fictional story of the white supremacist movement when a number of African Americans were killed and thousands of them more from their homes.The story revolves around two prominent families, the Carterets and the Millers. Major Philip Carteret, the editor of The Morning Chronicle newspaper, has emerged as the unblemished white supremacist who, along with General Belmont and Captain George McBain, seeks to overthrow "Negro supremacy", triggering the events that culminate in a deadly "revolution". Dr. William Miller, after his medical education in North, has returned home to "his people", founding a local Black hospital in Wellington. Dr. Millers wife, Janet, is Major Carterets wife, Olivias racially mixed halfsister. Not surprisingly, Olivia Merkel Carteret struggles to suppress the truth of her fathers scandalous second marriage to her black servant and Janet Millers mother, Julia Brown.

Binding: Paperback;242 pages; Publisher: Repro India Limited; Classification: FA; Weight: 433 g; Dimensions: 216 x 140 x 18

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