Item #3096 How I Wrote Jubilee. Margaret Walker.
How I Wrote Jubilee
How I Wrote Jubilee

How I Wrote Jubilee

Chicago: Third World Press, 1977. First Edition, Second Printing.

SIGNED and dated 9/24/89 by Margaret Walker on the title page.

The African-American author Margaret Walker (1915-1998) recounts the birth and development of her acclaimed novel, Jubilee (1966), the story of a slave family in the Civil War. Much of the novel is based on the life of her maternal grandmother. Introduction by Prof. Gloria Gayles of Morehouse College.

Signed copies are scarce in the market.

PHYSICAL DETAILS: Octavo (8.5 x 5.5 inches; 215 x 140 mm), 36 pages, in stapled, illustrated wrappers (soft cover).

CONDITION: Light edge wear and staining to wrappers but internally clean and bright. Easily Very Good or better. Item #3096

Price: $50.00