[AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY & LITERATURE] JONES-JACKSON, Patricia (text); Charles Joyner (foreword)

When Roots Die: Endangered Traditions on the Sea Islands

Athens: The University of Georgia Press, 1987. Second Printing. Octavo (24cm); brown cloth-covered boards, with titling stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [xxxii],[1],2-189,[3]pp; black and white photographs (halftones) throughout. Spine ends very gently nudged, with modest foxing to edges of textblock; Near Fine. Dustjacket unclipped with trivial wear and rubbing to extremities, and mild wear to flaps; Near Fine.

Jones-Jackson's studies of the of "the free descendants of slaves from Barbados and West Africa" and the culture and creole ("Gullah" in South Carolina; "Geechee" in Georgia) language they sustain (from front flap). Concludes with Selected Bibliography and Index. [82316].

Price: $35.00

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