The Resource The conjure-man dies : a mystery tale of dark Harlem, by Rudolph Fisher
The conjure-man dies : a mystery tale of dark Harlem, by Rudolph Fisher
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The item The conjure-man dies : a mystery tale of dark Harlem, by Rudolph Fisher represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in DC Public Library System.This item is available to borrow from 4 library branches.
Resource Information
The item The conjure-man dies : a mystery tale of dark Harlem, by Rudolph Fisher represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in DC Public Library System.
This item is available to borrow from 4 library branches.
- Summary
- An African king with a degree from Harvard who set himself up as a "conjure-man", a fortune teller, is murdered in 1930s Harlem. This is the first known mystery novel written by an African American
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 316 pages
- Note
- "Originally published in New York in 1932"--Title page verso
- Isbn
- 9781464215964
- Label
- The conjure-man dies : a mystery tale of dark Harlem
- Title
- The conjure-man dies
- Title remainder
- a mystery tale of dark Harlem
- Statement of responsibility
- by Rudolph Fisher
- Title variation
- Mystery tale of dark Harlem
- Subject
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- Detective and mystery fiction
- Detective and mystery fiction
- Fiction
- Fortune-tellers
- Fortune-tellers -- Fiction
- Fortune-telling
- Fortune-telling -- Fiction
- Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction
- Murder -- Investigation
- Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction
- Mystery fiction
- New York (State) -- New York | Harlem
- African Americans
- African Americans -- Fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- An African king with a degree from Harvard who set himself up as a "conjure-man", a fortune teller, is murdered in 1930s Harlem. This is the first known mystery novel written by an African American
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1897-1934
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Fisher, Rudolph
- Dewey number
- 813/.52
- Government publication
- government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3511.I7436
- LC item number
- C66 1992
- Literary form
- fiction
- Series statement
- Ann Arbor paperbacks
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- African Americans
- Fortune-tellers
- Fortune-telling
- Murder
- Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
- Murder
- Fortune-telling
- Fortune-tellers
- African Americans
- New York (State)
- Label
- The conjure-man dies : a mystery tale of dark Harlem, by Rudolph Fisher
- Note
- "Originally published in New York in 1932"--Title page verso
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocm25026517
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Extent
- 316 pages
- Isbn
- 9781464215964
- Lccn
- 91044256
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Label
- The conjure-man dies : a mystery tale of dark Harlem, by Rudolph Fisher
- Note
- "Originally published in New York in 1932"--Title page verso
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocm25026517
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Extent
- 316 pages
- Isbn
- 9781464215964
- Lccn
- 91044256
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
Subject
- Detective and mystery fiction
- Detective and mystery fiction
- Fiction
- Fortune-tellers
- Fortune-tellers -- Fiction
- Fortune-telling
- Fortune-telling -- Fiction
- Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction
- Murder -- Investigation
- Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction
- Mystery fiction
- New York (State) -- New York | Harlem
- African Americans
- African Americans -- Fiction
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