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A History of the African-American People (Proposed) by Strom Thurmond, as Told to Percival Everett & James Kincaid

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A History of the African-American People (Proposed) by Strom Thurmond, as Told to Percival Everett & James Kincaid

By: James Kincaid, Percival Everett
Narrated by: James Fouhey
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Veteran authors Everett and Kincaid present an uproarious send-up of one of America's most controversial American icons.

Everett and Kincaid present a fictitious chronicle of South Carolina Senator Strom Thurmond's desire to pen a history of African Americans—his and his aides' belief being that he has done as much, or more, than any American to shape that history. An epistolary novel, A History follows the letters of loose-cannon congressional office workers, insane interns at a large New York publishing house, and disturbed publishing executives, along with homicidal rival editors, kindly family friends, and an aspiring author named Septic. Strom Thurmond appears charming and open, mad and sure of his place in American history.

©2004 Percival Everett & James Kincaid (P)2025 Tantor Media Genre Fiction Literature & Fiction Political Satire Science Fiction

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"[A]n outrageously funny satire of race relations and racism, US history, contemporary sexual mores and behavior, academia, and the publishing industry . . . It could become a cult-classic . . . Highly recommended."—Library Journal

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