The Pickaninny twins

Perkins, Lucy Fitch

Published by Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1931

About this Item

Previous owner's name and date in pencil on second front free endpaper. ; Both book and dustjacket are in pristine condition. Definitely a Collector's item. Will include or attach a Mylar protective sleeve if requested. "Perkins wrote a series of children's books known as "The Twins Books," almost all of which were made up of a boy and a girl. Each book took place in a different country or time in America's past. The main purpose of these stories seemed to be to make life in foreign cultures and past times easily accessable to "modern" American children. In this novel, Samson and Delilah (Sammy and Dilly) enjoy various escapades -- tearing their clothes, trampling their neighbor's garden, running away, nearly drowning themselves -- which their doting mother, Mammy Jinny, fondly overlooks. The "Negro dialect" which all the characters speak is so thick as to almost defy comprehension." [worldcat] Or be offensive, perhaps? ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 152 pages. Seller Inventory # 8337

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Pickaninny twins

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, Boston

Publication Date: 1931

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

Edition: First Edition.