First published 2011
This edition represents a digital reproduction sourced from the University of California Libraries archives. The text underwent mass digitization procedures followed by automated cleaning and preparation for print publication. While processing removed many scanning artifacts, some imperfections may remain from either the original source material or the digitization workflow itself. The book joins hundreds of thousands of other digitized titles available through the HathiTrust Digital Library online platform. Readers access Sinclair Lewis's controversial novel about Neil Kingsblood, a white banker who discovers African American ancestry and faces the brutal realities of racial prejudice in 1940s America. The story follows Kingsblood's transformation from comfortable middle-class respectability to social exile as he grapples with his newfound identity and the violent racism of his Minnesota community.
Genres: american-fiction, historical-fiction, 20th-century, african-american
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: fish-out-of-water, identity-crisis
Setting: Minnesota
Period: 1940s
680 pages · Hardcover · University of California Libraries
Content warnings: racism