# The Marrow of Tradition

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- Book: [The Marrow of Tradition](https://www.bookquiver.com/charles-chesnutt/the-marrow-of-tradition) ([The Marrow of Tradition.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/charles-chesnutt/the-marrow-of-tradition.md))
- Authors: [Charles Chesnutt](https://www.bookquiver.com/charles-chesnutt), [Eric J. Sundquist](https://www.bookquiver.com/eric-j-sundquist)
- Publisher: penguin_classics
- ISBN: 978-01-4018-686-4
- Pages: 400
- Published: 1993-02-01
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Based on a historically accurate account of the Wilmington, North Carolina, " race riot" of 1898, African-American author Charles W. Chesnutt's innovative novel is a passionate portrait of the betrayal...