Zora Neale's grandmother feared that Zora Neale's boldness would provoke white people to harm her.
Dust Tracks on a Road, Zora Neale Hurston's candid, funny, bold, and poignant autobiography, was first published in 1942 at the height of her popularity.
Zora Neale autobiography is an imaginative and exuberant account of her rise from childhood poverty in the rural South to a prominent place among the leading artists and intellectuals of the Harlem Renaissance. As compelling as her acclaimed fiction, Hurston's very personal literary self-portrait offers a revealing, often audacious glimpse into the life -- public and private -- of an extraordinary artist, anthropologist, chronicler, and champion of the black experience in America.
Full of the wit and wisdom of a proud, spirited woman who started off low and climbed high, Dust Tracks on a Road is a rare treasure from one of literature's most cherished voices.
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