The Walls of Jericho |
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| Author:
| Fisher, Rudolph |
| Series title: | X Press Black Classics Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-874509-28-8 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 1900 |
| Publisher: | X Press, The
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $9.95 |
Book Description:
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When black lawyer Fred Merrit buys a house in the,most exclusive white residential street adjacent,to Harlem, he has to hire the toughest removal,firm in the area to help him move his belongings,past the hostile neighbours. The removal men are,Jinx Jenkins and Bubber Brown (comic characters,from Fisher's The Conjure Men Dies), so the move,is anything but simple. So starts this hilarious,satire of jazz age Harlem in which Fisher,confronts colour and class prejudice.
When black lawyer Fred Merrit buys a house in the,most exclusive white residential street adjacent,to Harlem, he has to hire the toughest removal,firm in the area to help him move his belongings,past the hostile neighbours. The removal men are,Jinx Jenkins and Bubber Brown (comic characters,from Fisher's The Conjure Men Dies), so the move,is anything but simple. So starts this hilarious,satire of jazz age Harlem in which Fisher,confronts colour and class prejudice.