The Arne Bontemps Page

( 1902-1973 )

Major Works
God Sends Sunday ( 1931 ).
You Can't Pet a Possum ( 1934 ).
Black Thunder: Gabriel's Revolt ( 1936 ).
Drums at Dusk ( 1939 ).
Father of the Blues ( 1941 ).
The Story of the Negro ( 1948 ).
The Poetry of the Negro ( 1949 ). Co-edited by Bontemps and Langston Hughes
The Harlem Renaissance Remembered ( 1972 ).
The Old South ( 1973 ).

About Bontemps
PAL: Arne Bontemps. Chronology, booklist.

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