A major plot device in this novel was inspired by an editorial written by A
A major plot device in this novel was inspired by an editorial written by Alexander Manly. During its climax, Josh Green plunges a knife into the body of his father's killer, George McBane. Another character dresses up as his grandfather's servant to win a cakewalk, and later uses the same disguise to kill Polly Ochiltree, resulting in Sandy nearly being lynched. At the end of this novel, Dr. Miller agrees to operate on the son of Major Carteret after a white mob burns down his hospital and kills his son during a riot that enables the Democratic Party to regain political control of Wellington. FTP, name this novel by Charles Chesnutt that fictionalizes the 1898 Wilmington race riot.
A major plot device in this novel was inspired by an editorial written by Alexander Manly.
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