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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: Elegy On Kinderklavier Stories

    First published in 2014 1 edition — 1 previewable
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    First published in 2009 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Prentice Hall Literature: Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes: The American Experience

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  • Cover of: American Negro Poetry (American Century)

    First published in 1999 1 edition in 1 language
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    First published in 1999 5 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1998 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1997 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Prentice Hall: Literature: The American Experience

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    First published in 1991 1 edition in 1 language
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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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  • Cover of: Anthology of Negro Poets in the U.S.A. : 200 Years

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  • Cover of: Five Black Lives: The Autobiographies of Venture Smith, James Mars, William Grimes, the Rev. G. W. Offley, and James L. Smith

    First published in 1987 1 edition 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: The Harlem Renaissance remembered: essays

    First published in 1984 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Arna Bontemps-Langston Hughesletters, 1925-1967

    First published in 1980 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1975 1 edition in 1 language
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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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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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April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import