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Arna Wendell Bontemps

13 October 1902 - 4 June 1973

Arna Wendell Bontemps was an American poet, novelist and librarian, and a noted member of the Harlem Renaissance.

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  • Cover of: Golden slippers, an anthology of Negro poetry for young readers.: With drawings by Henrietta Bruce Sharon.

    First published in 1941 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Mr. Kelso's lion

    First published in 1970 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The pasteboard bandit

    First published in 1997 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Sad-faced boy

    First published in 1937 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Sam Patch, the high, wide & handsome jumper

    First published in 1951 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Slappy Hooper, the wonderful sign painter

    First published in 1946 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Tonnerre noir

    First published in 1991 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Young Booker; Booker T. Washington's early days

    First published in 1972 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The Harlem Renaissance remembered: essays

    First published in 1984 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Five Black Lives: The Autobiographies of Venture Smith, James Mars, William Grimes, the Rev. G. W. Offley, and James L. Smith

    First published in 1987 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Elegy On Kinderklavier Stories

    First published in 2014 1 edition — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: St. Louis woman

    First published in 2003 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The low-down on tuberculosis (consumption)

    First published in 1941 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Boy of the border

    First published in 2009 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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Subjects
African Americans, Fiction, History, Biography, Children's fiction, African American authors, Afro-American authors, American literature, American poetry, Drama, African americans, fiction, Juvenile fiction, Slavery, Afro-Americans, Blacks, Classic Literature, Confederacy, Juvenile audience, Literature, Reading Level-Grade 11, Reading Level-Grade 12, Satanism, Slaves, Textbooks, Union
Places
United States, England, Alabama, Massachusetts, Owl Creek Bridge, Andover, Barbados, China, Eastern Europe, Mallard residence, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Milford meeting house, Salem, Salem (Mass.), Soviet Union, America, Calcutta, Haiti, India, Surrey, Harlem (New York, N.Y.), Mexico, Missouri, N.Y.) Harlem (New York, New England
People
Devil, Peyton Farquhar, Abigail Williams, Ann Putnam, Arthur Miller (1915-), Betty Parris, Brently Mallard, Bridget Bishop, Elizabeth, Elizabeth Proctor, Ezekiel Cheever, George Herrick, George Jacobs, Giles Corey, God, John Hale, John Hathorne, John Proctor, Josephine, Louise Mallard, Martha Corey, Mary Warren, Mercy Lewis, Mr. Hooper, Rebecca Nurse
Time
1861-1865, 19th century, 20th century, American Civil War, 1692, Civil War, 1861-1865, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, 1775-1865, 1861-65, 1877-1964, 1600s, 1863-1877, Civil War, December, Revolution, 1791-1804, carnival

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  • Arna Bontemps
  • Bontemps, Arna Wendell
  • Arna BONTEMPS

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August 29, 2021 Edited by Jenner Fill in bio
August 29, 2021 Edited by Jenner Added new photo
March 30, 2021 Edited by Tom Morris merge authors
September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import