Pseud sylvester (8 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware.

Zustand: New.

Zustand: New.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 2nd Edition. Irwin Cobb, forward; Norman Mommens, illustrations. An investigation revealed that his father had not been a Blackfoot chief, but a school janitor in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Some neighbors from his home town testified that they thought his background may have included African ancestry, which meant by southern racial standards, he was black. Although the studio did not publicize its investigation, the accusations led many of his socialite acquaintances to abandon Long. Author Irvin S. Cobb, a native of Kentucky active in New York, is said to have lamented, "We're so ashamed! We entertained a nigger!".…

dj. Reissue (first published 1928). Octavo. Blue cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 241pp; illus. Spots of fading to cloth at spine ends, else Fine. In the original dustwrapper, price-clipped, else bright and crisp, Near Fine. One of the more noteworthy (and tragic) literary hoaxes of the 20th century. "Chief Long Lance," who achieved celebrity through this autobiography recounting his Cherokee boyhood in Oklahoma, was in fact an African-American man named Sylvester Clark Long, born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. In 1932, with his identity in danger of being exposed, Long committed suicide in a Los Angeles mansion. Originally published in both the U.S. and England in 1928; this is a nice copy of the atrractive 1956 Faber reissue. …

4to. 55, (5) S. m. 14 teils ganzseitigen Orig.-Lithogr. OPpbd (Einbd etwas berieben u. fingerfl., Rücken ausgeb.). Nr. 142 von 250 Exemplaren, von der Offizin W. Drugulin in Leipzig gedruckt. Erste (Gemeinschafts)-Ausgabe der beiden Einakter "Begegnen" und "Das Puppenspiel der Liebe" des siebenbürger Autors, der Begründer und Financier der "Weißen Blätter" war.- Nicht bei Raabe. Sprache: Deutsch.…