Tragedies of Life/George Sampson Brite/Case 999-A Christimas Story (AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN WRITERS, 1910-1940)

By Anne Scott and Gertrude Pitts

Anne Scott's novella George Samson Brite (1939) recounts the antics of a recalcitrant school boy and the reactions of his community. Her story Case 999 tells of an inner city youth who has become a victim of racial violence, the welfare system and street gangs. Gertrude Pitts Tragedies of Life (1939), a narrative fiction and drama in three acts, relates the story of an African American family's troubled journey from slavery to freedom.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816116342
• ISBN13: 9780816116348
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: G K Hall
• Length: 243 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 1.3" x 6.0"