Dust Tracks on a Road: An Autobiography
First published in 1942 at the height of her popularity,Dust Tracks on a Roadis Zora Neale Hurston's candid, funny, bold, and poignant autobiography, an imaginative and exuberant account of her rise from childhood poverty in the rural South to a prominent place among the leading artists and intellectuals of the Harlem Renaissance. As compelling as her acclaimed fiction, Hurston's very personal literary self-portrait offers a revealing, often audacious glimpse into the life -- public and private -- of an extraordinary artist, anthropologist, chronicler, and champion of the black experience in America. Full of the wit and wisdom of a proud, spirited woman who started off low and climbed high,Dust Tracks on a Roadis a rare treasure from one of literature's most cherished voices.--This text refers to an alternatePaperbackedition.