The Folk Tales of a Savage
New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1930.
Illustrated by Erick Berry illustrations. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. Item #17221
Light wear; Dust Jacket large chipping at bottom of front panel, other small chips, rubbed, front flap clipped, wear. Solid hardcover. ; Collection of 22 "African" folk tales by fraudulent black performer Labogola, allegedly from Dahomey (Benin) and probably Joseph Howard Lee of Baltimore, Maryland. "These stories have their origin in the Ondo Bush in West Africa, and are the ones the author remembers hearing in his own childhood ... The stories are mostly about animals, and are told very simply, directly, and dramatically, always with a moral lesson at the end." This book follows Knopf's publication of Lobagola's well-received autobiography, in truth a fantastical tale of his imaginary life. ; (viii), 199, (1) pages.
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