{"product_id":"every-tongue-got-to-confess-negro-folk-tales-from-the-gulf-states-9780060934545","title":"Every Tongue Got to Confess: Negro Folk-Tales from the Gulf States","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA recently discovered collection of folktales celebrating African American oral tradition, community, and faith...\"splendidly vivid and true.\"--New York Times\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery Tongue Got to Confess is an extensive volume of African American folklore that Zora Neale Hurston collected on her travels through the Gulf States in the late 1920s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe bittersweet and often hilarious taleswhich range from longer narratives about God, the Devil, White Folk, and Mistaken Identity to witty one-linersreveal attitudes about faith, love, family, slavery, race, and community. Together, this collection of nearly 500 folktales weaves a vibrant tapestry that celebrates the African American life in the rural South and represent a major part of Zora Neale Hurstons literary legacy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Zora Neale Hurston\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Amistad Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.32w x 0.81d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780060934545\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooksense '76 Jan\/Feb 2003\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2003 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHurston, Zora Neale:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eZora Neale Hurston\u003c\/strong\u003e wrote four novels (\u003cem\u003eJonah's Gourd Vine; Their Eyes Were Watching God; Moses, Man of the Mountains; and Seraph on the Suwanee\u003c\/em\u003e) and was still working on her fifth novel, \u003cem\u003eThe Life of Herod the Great\u003c\/em\u003e, when she died; three books of folklore (\u003cem\u003eMules and Men\u003c\/em\u003e and the posthumously published \u003cem\u003eGo Gator and Muddy the Water \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eEvery Tongue Got to Confess\u003c\/em\u003e); a work of anthropological research (\u003cem\u003eTell My Horse\u003c\/em\u003e); an autobiography \u003cem\u003e(Dust Tracks on a Road\u003c\/em\u003e); an international bestselling ethnographic work (\u003cem\u003eBarracoon\u003c\/em\u003e); and over fifty short stories, essays, and plays. She was born in Notasulga, Alabama, grew up in Eatonville, Florida, and lived her last years in Fort Pierce, Florida.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Amistad Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43110609223795,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":17.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_2ec8f57e-b19e-408f-a518-b5c2fd13c605.jpg?v=1748981740","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/every-tongue-got-to-confess-negro-folk-tales-from-the-gulf-states-9780060934545","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}