The Conquest: The Story of a Negro Pioneer
The novel portrays the aspirations and struggles of a black homesteader named Oscar Devereaux. Born on a small farm near Cairo, Illinois, one of thirteen children, Devereaux leaves home to work in Chicago stockyards and finally graduates to the job of porter in Pullman railway car. He is...
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The novel portrays the aspirations and struggles of a black homesteader named Oscar Devereaux. Born on a small farm near Cairo, Illinois, one of thirteen children, Devereaux leaves home to work in Chicago stockyards and finally graduates to the job of porter in Pullman railway car. He is personable, industrious, and frugal with a purpose.
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Publisher: Woodruff Press
Pages no: 311
Edition language: English
This is a sort of autobiography of Oscar Micheaux's early life. He did change names of some people and places for some reason. But, one assumes, the events are more-or-less accurate. Of course, we've just learned, in Prairie Fires, how little of the events in Laura Ingalls Wilder's books were fact a...
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