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Fisher, Rudolph, 1897-1934.
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Detectives, Black -- Fiction.
Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction.
Fortune-tellers -- Crimes against -- Fiction.
Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction.
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Fisher, Rudolph, 1897-1934.
Detectives, Black -- Fiction.
Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction.
Fortune-tellers -- Crimes against -- Fiction.
Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction.
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The conjure-man dies / Rudolph Fisher ; with an introduction by
Stanley
Ellin
.
by
Fisher, Rudolph, 1897-1934.
Collins Crime Club, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2020.
Call #:
FICTION FIS
Subjects
Detectives, Black -- Fiction.
Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction.
Fortune-tellers -- Crimes against -- Fiction.
Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction.
Series
Crime club (London, England)
ISBN:
9780008216474 (trade pbk.)
Alternate title:
John Archer's nose.
Description:
ix, 293 p. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
"A Harlem mystery"--Cover.
"First published by Covici-Friede, New York 1932"--T.p. verso.
"The Conjure-man dies was the very first detective novel written by an African-American"--Page [4] of cover.
"John Archer's nose first published in The metropolitan, by Meeks Publishing Co, 1935."
Summary:
Perry Dart, one of Harlem's ten African-American black police detectives, investigates the murder of N'Gana Frimbo, the African conjure-man. Also includes the short story "John Archer's Nose."
Genre:
Mystery fiction.
Black fiction.
Classic fiction.
Other authors:
Ellin
,
Stanley
.
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