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The Sport of the Gods
First edition book cover, 1902
AuthorPaul Laurence Dunbar
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreNovel
PublisherDodd, Mead and Company
Publication date
1902
Media typePrint (hardback, paperback) and Audiobook
Pages255 pp (First edition), 176 pp (February 1, 2011 edition)
OCLC29687568

The Sport of the Gods is a novel by Paul Laurence Dunbar, first published in 1902, centered on American urban black life. Forced to leave the South, a family falls apart amid the harsh realities of Northern inner city life in this examination of the forces that extinguish the dreams of African Americans.

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