“He wanted to pour out one story that would grip the nation. He believed that the question of racial justice was so central to American life that it would decide the survival of the Republic.”
Keller’s story of Chesnutt's campaign to lift the crushing burden of caste and racial inequality from the shoulders of his people.
Author: Frances Richardson Keller
Title: An American Crusade: The Life of Charles Waddell Chesnutt
Edition: First Edition, first printing
Published: Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Press, 1978
Physical Description: Hardcover; Octavo; 304p
Condition: Near fine copy, in very good condition dust jacket with edge wear and one small repaired tear at head of front panel. Owner’s inscription on front free end-paper.
Comments: Crisp copy
