[WOMEN WRITERS] OUT ON A “SCURDGEON” AND OTHER NEGRO STORIES IN DIALECT

Macon, Georgia: The J. W. Burke Company, 1928. Stapled Pamphlet. Very Good binding. Octavo; in red printed wrappers with titiling and an image of an African-American family ouside a shanty; 52 pages.~~There are three stories: ‘ OUT ON A SCURDGEON’”; “UNTANGLING THE FAMILY YARN”; and “AN OLD VOTE FOR ‘YOUNG MARSTER’”.~~The stories are written in “dialect”; many would consider this to be “racially coded” language. Relatively uncommon. We locate a dozen copies in WorldCat and but a single copy in commerce.~~. Very Good binding.