The Marrow of Tradition
First edition cover, 1901 | |
| Author | Charles W. Chesnutt |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Historical novel |
| Publisher | Houghton, Mifflin and Company |
Publication date | October 1901 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| OCLC | 939418 |
| Preceded by | The House Behind the Cedars |
The Marrow of Tradition (1901) is a novel by the African-American author Charles W. Chesnutt, portraying a fictional account of the Wilmington Insurrection of 1898 in Wilmington, North Carolina, an event that had just recently occurred.