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Arna Wendell Bontemps

13 October 1902 - 4 June 1973

Arna Wendell Bontemps was an American poet, novelist and librarian, and a noted member of the Harlem Renaissance.

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  • Cover of: American Negro poetry

    First published in 1963 14 editions in 2 languages — 7 previewable Cover of edition americannegropo100bont Cover of edition americannegropoe0000unse Cover of edition americannegropoe0000bont Cover of edition americannegropoe0000unse_t1b0 Cover of edition americannegropo000bont Cover of edition americannegropoe00bont
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  • Cover of: Story of the Negro

    First published in 1948 9 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Prentice Hall: Literature: Silver

    First published in 1991 9 editions in 1 language — 4 previewable Cover of edition prenticehalllite03koel Cover of edition prenticehalllite7koel Cover of edition prenticehalllite0000unse_q4d3
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    First published in 1936 8 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition blackthunder0000bont
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  • Cover of: Chariot in the sky: a story of the Jubilee Singers

    First published in 1951 7 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition chariotinskystor00bonte
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  • Cover of: The poetry of the Negro, 1746-1970

    First published in 1949 6 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition poetryofnegro1740000hugh_o6j0 Cover of edition poetryofnegro1740000unse
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  • Cover of: The book of Negro folklore

    First published in 1958 5 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition bookofnegrofolkl00hugh
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  • Cover of: Popo and Fifina

    First published in 1932 5 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Prentice Hall Literature: Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes: The American Experience

    First published in 1999 5 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The United States in Literature

    First published in 1985 5 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition unitedstatesinli0007edunse Cover of edition unitedstatesinli1985mill
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  • Cover of: Great slave narratives

    First published in 1969 4 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition greatslavenarrat00bont_0
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  • Cover of: Harlem Renaissance Remembered: Essays

    First published in 1972 4 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: 100 years of Negro freedom.

    First published in 1961 4 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: God sends Sunday

    First published in 1931 4 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Prentice Hall Literature: Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes: The American Experience

    First published in 2003 4 editions in 1 language — 4 previewable Cover of edition prenticehalllite0000unse_i1u3 Cover of edition prenticehalllite00na Cover of edition americanexperien00kate
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  • Cover of: Golden slippers: an anthology of Negro poetry for young readers

    First published in 1941 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Hold fast to dreams: poems old and new selected

    First published in 1969 3 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Free at last: the life of Frederick Douglass

    First published in 1971 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The Old South: "A summer tragedy" and other stories of the thirties.

    First published in 1973 3 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Personals

    First published in 1963 3 editions in 1 language
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Subjects
African Americans, Fiction, History, Biography, Children's fiction, African American authors, Afro-American authors, American literature, American poetry, Drama, African americans, fiction, Juvenile fiction, Slavery, Afro-Americans, Blacks, Classic Literature, Confederacy, Juvenile audience, Literature, Reading Level-Grade 11, Reading Level-Grade 12, Satanism, Slaves, Textbooks, Union
Places
United States, England, Alabama, Massachusetts, Owl Creek Bridge, Andover, Barbados, China, Eastern Europe, Mallard residence, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Milford meeting house, Salem, Salem (Mass.), Soviet Union, America, Calcutta, Haiti, India, Surrey, Harlem (New York, N.Y.), Mexico, Missouri, N.Y.) Harlem (New York, New England
People
Devil, Peyton Farquhar, Abigail Williams, Ann Putnam, Arthur Miller (1915-), Betty Parris, Brently Mallard, Bridget Bishop, Elizabeth, Elizabeth Proctor, Ezekiel Cheever, George Herrick, George Jacobs, Giles Corey, God, John Hale, John Hathorne, John Proctor, Josephine, Louise Mallard, Martha Corey, Mary Warren, Mercy Lewis, Mr. Hooper, Rebecca Nurse
Time
1861-1865, 19th century, 20th century, American Civil War, 1692, Civil War, 1861-1865, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, 1775-1865, 1861-65, 1877-1964, 1600s, 1863-1877, Civil War, December, Revolution, 1791-1804, carnival

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  • Arna Bontemps
  • Bontemps, Arna Wendell
  • Arna BONTEMPS

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September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import