Wedding, The
by Dorothy West
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Like New
- ISBN 10
- 0385471432
- ISBN 13
- 9780385471435
- Seller
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Lees Summit, Missouri, United States
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Synopsis
Dorothy West founded the Harlem Renaissance literary magazine Challenge in 1934, and New Challenge in 1937, with Richard Wright as her associate editor. She was a welfare investigator and WPA relief worker in Harlem during the Depression. Her first novel, The Living Is Easy , appeared in 1948 and remains in print. Her second novel, The Wedding , was a national bestseller and literary landmark when published in the winter of 1995. A collection of her stories and autobiographical essays, The Richer, The Poorer , appeared during the summer of 1995. She lives on Martha's Vineyard.
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- Bookseller
- Second Sunday Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0809220002
- Title
- Wedding, The
- Author
- Dorothy West
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- New Like New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0385471432
- ISBN 13
- 9780385471435
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1995-01-01
- X weight
- 5 oz
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