The Marrow of Tradition

Written by Charles Waddell Chesnutt

Narrated by Sean Crisden

A startling look at turn-of-the-century race relations based on the 1898 Wilmington Race Riot.--Major Carteret is the white owner of the biggest newspaper in a racially segregated town in the South. Carteret, along with other powerful white men in Wellington, is outraged that an editorial published in the town's black newspaper has questioned lynchings. Meanwhile, Carteret struggles at home as his wife and child are sick and his niece, Clara, is courted by Tom Delamer, a lush aristocrat.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Dreamscape Media
• Release date: Feb 25, 2014
• ISBN: 9781666597042

Charles Waddell Chesnutt

Charles Waddell Chesnutt (1858-1932) was an African-American author known for his novels centering on race relations in the American South.