{"product_id":"mambas-daughters-a-novel-of-charleston-paperback","title":"Mamba's Daughters: A Novel of Charleston - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDubose Heyward\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDon Doyle\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePorgy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e portrays Charleston's comic social climbers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Mamba appears on the Wentworth doorstep, this shrewd woman takes the first step in surmounting a social barrier as thorny as any in early twentieth-century Charleston. For the sake of her family, Mamba navigates a comic, calculated path to the privelged class of African-Americans employed by Charleston's aristocratic white families.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in the early twentieth-century, this classic novel transcends racial boundaries by intertwining the stories of three very different families in an amusing plot of deception, ambition, and social transformation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA new introduction by Don H. Doyle places \u003ci\u003eMamba's Daughters\u003c\/i\u003e in its historical context and suggests that in the novel, Heyward challenges the harsh, unjust aspects of Southern race relations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the foremost literary figures of the early twentieth-century, \u003cb\u003e DuBose Heyward\u003c\/b\u003e (1885-1940) is best known for his novel \u003ci\u003ePorgy, \u003c\/i\u003e from which George Gershwin created the popular opera \u003ci\u003ePorgy and Bess.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.06 x 7.53 x 5.05 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 03, 1995\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52537463963955,"sku":"9781570030420","price":41.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/eVNsaU11MTM2clBOK2xiRFNraEFhQT09.webp?v=1760810250","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/mambas-daughters-a-novel-of-charleston-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}