{"product_id":"mambas-daughters-a-novel-of-charleston-9781570030420","title":"Mamba's Daughters: A Novel of Charleston","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-4718883\"\u003eDubose Heyward\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of South Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/03\/1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.91lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.53h x 5.05w x 1.06d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781570030420\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1570030421\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC014000\"\u003eHistorical | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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","brand":"University of South Carolina Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44433497882861,"sku":"9781570030420","price":31.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_1858e7de-2e6f-4935-a7cd-bc97fed4730a.jpg?v=1700064287","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/mambas-daughters-a-novel-of-charleston-9781570030420","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}