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Documenting the life of Zora Neale Hurston can present a challenge to any biographer because she so often lied about herself in print, beginning with the year of her birth, which family records show to be 1891: “At various times Zora claimed to have been born in 1895, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, or 1908. The most outrageous birthdate she made up for herself was 1910.” Where other biographies for young readers might explain such discrepancies in notes or an afterword, the Fradins make...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Documenting the life of Zora Neale Hurston can present a challenge because she often lied about herself in print, beginning with the ye...Log In or Sign Up to Read More