Barracoon Story Last Black by Hurston Zora (144 results)

Condition: very_good. Pages are clean with no markings. May show minor signs of wear or cosmetic defects marks, cuts, bends, or scuffs on the cover, spine, pages, or dust jacket. May have remainder marks on edges.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Lee-Johnson, Jazzmen (illustrator). Shows minimal wear such as frayed or folded edges, minor rips and tears, and/or slightly worn binding. May have stickers and/or contain inscription on title page. No observed missing pages.

Condition: good. Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!

Condition: Good. Meets the good condition guidelines. Has tearing. Has wear. Five star seller - Buy with confidence!

Condition: Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Hardcover, in dust jacket. Later printing. Forward by Alice Walker. Fine in fine dust jacket, in mylar cover.

Unknown. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.52.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Edition. Stated first edition. Early printing in the year of publication of this first publication of the Harlem Renaissance writer's last work. A pristine copy, clean and unmarked,

Condition: Fine. First Edition. The first edition dust jacket in fine condition with the original $24.99 price intact.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Fine. xxviii, 171 pages: illustrations; 22 cm. "In 1927, Zora Neale Hurston went to Plateau, Alabama, just outside Mobile, to interview eighty-six-year-old Cudjo Lewis. Of the millions of men, women, and children transported from Africa to America as slaves, Cudjo was then the only person alive to tell the story of this integral part of the nation's history. Hurston was there to record Cudjo's firsthand account of the raid that led to his capture and bondage fifty years after the Atlantic slave trade was outlawed in the United States. In 1931, Hurston returned to Plateau, the African-centric community three miles from Mobile founded by Cudjo and other former slaves from his ship. Spending more than three months there, she talked in depth with Cudjo about the details of his life. During those weeks, the young writer and the elderly formerly enslaved man ate peaches and watermelon that grew in the backyard and talked about Cudjo's past--memories from his childhood in Africa, the horrors of being captured and held in a barracoon for selection by American slavers, the harrowing experience of the Middle Passage packed with more than 100 other souls aboard the Clotilda, and the years he spent in slavery until the end of the Civil War. Based on those interviews, featuring Cudjo's unique vernacular, and written from Hurston's perspective with the compassion and singular style that have made her one of the preeminent American authors of the twentieth-century, Barracoon masterfully illustrates the tragedy of slavery and of one life forever defined by it. Offering insight into the pernicious legacy that continues to haunt us all, black and white, this poignant and powerful work is an invaluable contribution to our shared history and culture"--Publisher. / Contents: Foreword: Those who love us never leave us alone with our grief: reading Barracoon: the story of the last "black cargo" / by Alice Walker. I. II: the King arrives. III. IV. V. VI: Barracoon. VII: slavery. VIII: freedom. IX: marriage. X: Kossula learns about law. XI. XII: alone. Very fine in very fin jacklet ; as new; in archival mylar. First edition, first printing (ful number line).

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Edition. Stated first edition. Posthumous work by the legendary Harlem Renaissance writer and folklorist. A pristine copy, clean and unmarked.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket. 171 pp. Appendix, Afterword, Glossary, Notes and Bibliography.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Edition. Quarter brown cloth over tan paper cover boards with copper title on spine. Stated first edition on copyright page with "1" in full number line. A pristine copy, bright, clean, and unmarked, of one of Hurston's last posthumous published works. Dust jacket protected by Brodart plastic cover.

Compact Disc. Condition: Brand New. unabridged edition. 1 pages. 5.75x5.75x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good+ in a Near Fine dust jacket.