The Marrow of Tradition. Charles W. Chesnutt

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       The Marrow of Tradition

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       The Marrow of Tradition

      Charles W. Chesnutt

      Introduction copyright © 2019, Wiley Cash

      All rights reserved. This introduction or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the publisher except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.

      First Belt Publishing Edition 2019

      ISBN: 978-1-948742-34-4

      Belt Publishing

      3143 West 33rd Street, Cleveland, Ohio 44019

       www.beltpublishing.com

      Book design by Meredith Pangrace

      Cover by David Wilson

       contents

Introduction by Wiley Cash
I.	At Break of Day
II.	The Christening Party
III.	The Editor at Work
IV.	Theodore Felix
V.	A Journey Southward
VI.	Janet
VII.	The Operation
VIII.	The Campaign Drags
IX.	A White Man’s “Nigger”
X.	Delamere Plays a Trump
XI.	The Baby and the Bird
XII.	Another Southern Product
XIII.	The Cakewalk
XIV.	The Maunderings of Old Mrs. Ochiltree
XV.	Mrs. Carteret Seeks an Explanation
XVI.	Ellis Takes a Trick
XVII.	The Social Aspirations of Captain McBane