# The Sport of the Gods

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- Book: [The Sport of the Gods](https://www.bookquiver.com/paul-laurence-dunbar/the-sport-of-the-gods) ([The Sport of the Gods.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/paul-laurence-dunbar/the-sport-of-the-gods.md))
- Authors: [Paul Laurence Dunbar](https://www.bookquiver.com/paul-laurence-dunbar), [William L. Andrews](https://www.bookquiver.com/william-l-andrews), [Marcellus Blount PhD](https://www.bookquiver.com/marcellus-blount-phd), [Shelley Fisher Fishkin](https://www.bookquiver.com/shelley-fisher-fishkin), [David Bradley](https://www.bookquiver.com/david-bradley)
- Publisher: modern_library
- ISBN: 978-08-1297-279-5
- Pages: 480
- Published: 2005-08-09
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872—1906) overcame racism and poverty to become one of the best-known authors in America, and the first African American to earn a living from his poetry, fiction, drama, journalism,...