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Document Type
Book
Description
Oak and Ivy was Dunbar's first published volume of poetry. He self-published the book and sold it for $1 to the people who rode in the elevator he operated in the Callahan Building in downtown Dayton. Dunbar also took the book to the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois, where he worked for Frederick Douglass in the Haitian exposition.
Publication Date
1893
Publisher
Press of United Brethren Publishing House
City
Dayton
Keywords
African Americans--Poetry; Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906
Disciplines
American Literature | Arts and Humanities | English Language and Literature | Literature in English, North America, Ethnic and Cultural Minority | Poetry
Repository Citation
Dunbar , P. L. (1893). Oak and Ivy. Dayton, Ohio: Press of United Brethren Publishing House.
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American Literature Commons, Literature in English, North America, Ethnic and Cultural Minority Commons, Poetry Commons