- African American families in fiction, Western stories, African American families, Young men in fiction
In this literary debut, Durham recounts the adventures and trials of a black pioneer family in the late 1870s. At the center of the story is Gabriel, a young man who moves reluctantly from the urban North with his mother and younger brother to join his stepfather, a homesteader in Kansas. When he runs away to become a cowboy, his search for excitement brings trouble and danger.
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Earnest, classical in form, grave and intimate.
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- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
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- Author
- David Anthony Durham
- First published
- 2001
- Pages
- 298
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Thorndike Press, Anchor Books
- Editions
- 5
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781419377778
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