A Different Drummer

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1962
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The novel begins in the South that is a dystopia for all African Americans. One man revolts, salts his fields, kills his livestock, burns his house down, and leaves. All the other African Americans in the town follow his example. 

Published Date

1962

Publisher
Doubleday
Place Published
Garden City, NY
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1962 Kelley, William Melvin (1937-2017). A Different Drummer. Garden City, NY: Doubleday. Rpt. New York: Anchor Books, 1989 with a “Foreword” by David Bradley (xi-xxxii); and London: riverrun, 2018, with a “Foreword: ‘The Lost Giant of American Literature’” by Kathryn Schulz (ix-xxxiv), which was originally published in The New Yorker 93.46 (January 29, 2018): 26-31 (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/01/29/the-lost-giant-of-american-literature); and “A Biography of William Melvin Kelley” by Jessica Kelley (his daughter) (295-302). PSt

The novel begins in the South that is a dystopia for all African Americans. One man revolts, salts his fields, kills his livestock, burns his house down, and leaves. All the other African Americans in the town follow his example. African American author.

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Rpt. New York: Anchor Books, 1989 with a “Foreword” by David Bradley (xi-xxxii); and London: riverrun, 2018, with a “Foreword: ‘The Lost Giant of American Literature’” by Kathryn Schulz (ix-xxxiv), which was originally published in The New Yorker 93.36 (January 29, 2018): 26-31 (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/01/29/the-lost-giant-of-american-literature); and “A Biography of William Melvin Kelley” by Jessica Kelley (his daughter) (295-302).

Author Note

African American author (1937-2017)

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