Unavailable
Unavailable
Unavailable
Ebook330 pages5 hours
The Colonel's Dream: A Novel
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
()
Currently unavailable
Currently unavailable
About this ebook
In this provocative novel of reconstruction and race, a Civil War veteran tries to create a new utopia in his Southern hometown after gaining enlightenment and riches in the North.
Revolutionary in both its storyline and its storytelling, The Colonel’s Dream was one of the most progressive books of its time when it was first published in 1905. Few authors of African descent created white protagonists, but Charles Chesnutt did just that, exploring the economic and social conditions of freed slaves through the eyes of Colonel French, a former Confederate officer. Returning to his impoverished hometown after years as a successful businessman in the North, French attempts to revitalize the community and improve living conditions for a vibrant cast of characters living there, including his old servant and an ambitious young woman. Despite his hopes, French faces roadblocks at every turn, including a corrupt convict-leasing system that essentially re-enslaves many of the town’s black residents. With a new, no-holds barred Introduction by the incomparable Ishmael Reed, The Colonel’s Dream offers a prophetic perspective on modern issues of multiculturalism and economic disparity, making it a keystone in American literature and history.
Revolutionary in both its storyline and its storytelling, The Colonel’s Dream was one of the most progressive books of its time when it was first published in 1905. Few authors of African descent created white protagonists, but Charles Chesnutt did just that, exploring the economic and social conditions of freed slaves through the eyes of Colonel French, a former Confederate officer. Returning to his impoverished hometown after years as a successful businessman in the North, French attempts to revitalize the community and improve living conditions for a vibrant cast of characters living there, including his old servant and an ambitious young woman. Despite his hopes, French faces roadblocks at every turn, including a corrupt convict-leasing system that essentially re-enslaves many of the town’s black residents. With a new, no-holds barred Introduction by the incomparable Ishmael Reed, The Colonel’s Dream offers a prophetic perspective on modern issues of multiculturalism and economic disparity, making it a keystone in American literature and history.
Unavailable
Related to The Colonel's Dream
Related ebooks
3 books to know - Abolitionist Novel Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHarlem: People, Power and Politics 1900-1950 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Study Guide for Charles Chesnutt's "Sheriff's Children" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPatriotic Treason: John Brown and the Soul of America Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Other Side of Lincoln Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsContemporary American Novelists (1900-1920) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Living is Easy Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Tales of Conjure and The Color Line: 10 Stories Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Life and Times of the Legendary Larry Townsend Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Doctor to the Dead: Grotesque Legends and Folk Tales of Old Charleston Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Free Love: Cultivating the Garden of Eden in America Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLily's Ride: Saving her Father from the Ku Klux Klan Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRadical Son: A Generational Oddysey Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Narrative of William W. Brown: A Fugitive Slave Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Cross a Far River: A Novella of Rebellion and Sacrifice in the American 1770S Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Indian Chief as Tragic Hero: Native Resistance and the Literatures of America, from Moctezuma to Tecumseh Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTrinity of Passion: The Literary Left and the Antifascist Crusade Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLiterary Washington, D.C. Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Times Are Never So Bad: Stories Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Ghetto Medic: A Father in the 'Hood Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Marrow of Tradition Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Contemporary American Novelists, 1900-1920 (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLessons from a Dark Time and Other Essays Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Twelve Years a Slave Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5White Captives: Gender and Ethnicity on the American Frontier Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Touch and Go: A Memoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Underground Railroad: Authentic Narratives and First-Hand Accounts Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Noise of Typewriters: Remembering Journalism Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Street-Gang and Tribal-Warrior Autobiographies Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsChasing Me to My Grave: An Artist's Memoir of the Jim Crow South Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Classics For You
A Confederacy of Dunces Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Flowers for Algernon Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Silmarillion Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Fellowship Of The Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Wuthering Heights (with an Introduction by Mary Augusta Ward) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5East of Eden (Original Classic Edition) Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Learn French! Apprends l'Anglais! THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY: In French and English Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Poisonwood Bible: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mythos Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Master & Margarita Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Old Man and the Sea: The Hemingway Library Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Odyssey: (The Stephen Mitchell Translation) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Little Women (Seasons Edition -- Winter) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Iliad: The Fitzgerald Translation Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Republic by Plato Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Jungle: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Animal Farm: A Fairy Story Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Canterbury Tales Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Titus Groan Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Farewell to Arms Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Ulysses: With linked Table of Contents Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Sense and Sensibility (Centaur Classics) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Count of Monte-Cristo English and French Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Bell Jar: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Quiet American Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Good Man Is Hard To Find And Other Stories Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5For Whom the Bell Tolls: The Hemingway Library Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Heroes: The Greek Myths Reimagined Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for The Colonel's Dream
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings
0 ratings0 reviews