The Foxes of Harrow (novel)

The Foxes of Harrow

Author	Frank Yerby
Language	English
Genre	Historical fiction
Set in	Louisiana, United States
Publisher	The Dial Press
Publication date	February 1946 [1]
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print
Pages	534
OCLC	2868614
Followed by	The Vixens

The Foxes of Harrow is the 1946 debut novel of American author Frank Yerby. It follows the life and family of Stephen Fox, an Irish gambler who becomes the patriarch of a large slave plantation in mid-1800s Louisiana. ^[2] It was a bestseller with more than one million copies sold in its first year. In 1947, it was adapted as a movie of the same name, directed by John M. Stahl and starring Rex Harrison and Maureen O'Hara. ^[3]

The novel was reviewed in numerous publications, including newspapers such as the Chicago Defender , ^[4] the Chicago Tribune , ^[5] The Cincinnati Enquirer , ^[6] the Detroit Tribune , ^[7] the Los Angeles Times , ^[8] The Philadelphia Inquirer , ^[9] and The New York Times , ^[10] as well as journals of African-American culture such as The Journal of Negro Education ^[11] and The Journal of Negro History . ^[12]

References

1. "Frank Yerby's New Novel". Chicago Sunday Tribune . January 13, 1946. p. Books.10 – via Newspapers.com.
2. Hill, James L. (2002). "Foxes of Harrow, The". In Andrews, William L.; Foster, Frances Smith; Harris, Trudier (eds.). The Concise Oxford Companion to African American Literature. ISBN   978-0-19-991649-8.
3. Klotman, Phyllis R. (December 1987). "A Harrowing Experience: Frank Yerby's First Novel to Film". CLA Journal . 31 (2): 210–222. JSTOR   44321971.
4. Burns, Ben (February 2, 1946). "Off the Book Shelf: Frank Yerby Makes His Bow". Chicago Defender . p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
5. Wendt, Lloyd (February 10, 1946). "Amber Hued Romances in Delta Country". Chicago Sunday Tribune . p. 4.3 – via Newspapers.com.
6. Nichols, May C. (February 9, 1946). "Old New Orleans". The Cincinnati Enquirer . p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
7. Jones, Eleanor B. (March 30, 1946). "Along the Bookshelf". Detroit Tribune . p. 7 – via NewspaperArchive.
8. "Ominous Hidden Conflict Marks Gambler Romance". Los Angeles Times . February 10, 1946. p. III.4 – via Newspapers.com.
9. Spindel, Max (February 10, 1946). "Costume Tale Showing Evils of Slavery". The Philadelphia Inquirer . p. SO.15 – via Newspapers.com.
10. Match, Richard (February 10, 1946). "The Vulpine Master of Harrow". The New York Times Book Review . p. 8.
11. Jackson, Blyden (Autumn 1946). "Silver Foxes". The Journal of Negro Education . 15 (4): 649–652. doi:10.2307/2965891.
12. Woodson, C. G. (July 1946). "[Review of The Foxes of Harrow, by F. Yerby]". The Journal of Negro History . 31 (3): 353–354. doi:10.2307/2714897. JSTOR   2714897.

External links

• The Foxes of Harrow at the Internet Archive