Dust Tracks on a Road // A Memoir

Dust Tracks on a Road is the bold, poignant, and funny autobiography of novelist, folklorist, and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston, one of American literatures most compelling and influential authors. Hurstons powerful novels of the Southincluding Jonahs Gourd Vine and, most famously, Their Eyes Were Watching Godcontinue to enthrall readers with their lyrical grace, sharp detail, and captivating emotionality. First published in 1942, Dust Tracks on a Road is Hurstons personal story, told in her own words. The Perennial Modern Classics Deluxe edition includes an all-new forward by Maya Angelou, an extended biography by Valerie Boyd, and a special P.S. section featuring the contemporary reviews that greeted the books original publication.

Zora Neale Hurston was a novelist, folklorist, and anthropologist. An author of four novels (Jonahs Gourd Vine, 1934; Their Eyes Were Watching God, 1937; Moses, Man of the Mountain, 1939; and Seraph on the Suwanee, 1948); two books of folklore (Mules and Men, 1935, and Tell My Horse, 1938); an autobiography (Dust Tracks on a Road, 1942); and over fifty short stories, essays, and plays. She attended Howard University, Barnard College and Columbia University, and was a graduate of Barnard College in 1927. She was born on January 7, 1891, in Notasulga, Alabama, and grew up in Eatonville, Florida. She died in Fort Pierce, in 1960. In 1973, Alice Walker had a headstone placed at her gravesite with this epitaph: Zora Neale Hurston: A Genius of the South.

• Publisher:Amistad; Illustrated edition (January 3, 2006)
• Language:English
• Paperback:308 pages
• ISBN-10: 0060854081
• ISBN-13:9780060854089
• Lexile measure:930L
• Item Weight: 9 ounces
• Dimensions:5.31 x 0.77 x 8 inches