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Pity is Not Enough
Josephine Herbst
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paperback. Series: The Radical Novel Reconsidered. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3480 x 585. Weight in Grams: 426.
"I'd rather fail in story writing than succeed in anything else,"
Josephine Herbst declared in 1913. The Iowa native's Trexler family trilogy,
with Pity Is Not Enough as its first volume, shows clearly that
Herbst in fact succeeded at storytelling. The book draws loosely on Herbst's
family history, using Reconstruction's demise in Georgia to link the advance
of free market capitalism to the North's abandonment of its commitment
to racial justice. The protagonistsCatherine Trexler and her brother
Joe, a carpetbagger embroiled in railroad scandalsare ripped ... Read more
"I'd rather fail in story writing than succeed in anything else,"
Josephine Herbst declared in 1913. The Iowa native's Trexler family trilogy,
with Pity Is Not Enough as its first volume, shows clearly that
Herbst in fact succeeded at storytelling. The book draws loosely on Herbst's
family history, using Reconstruction's demise in Georgia to link the advance
of free market capitalism to the North's abandonment of its commitment
to racial justice. The protagonistsCatherine Trexler and her brother
Joe, a carpetbagger embroiled in railroad scandalsare ripped ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
Series
The Radical Novel Reconsidered
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252066528
SKU
V9780252066528
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