The jewel

Item Information

Title:
The jewel
Description:
A porter tells of once receiving a fine jewel from a somnambulant passenger and the rather strange aftermath on a railroad trip to Atlanta, only to ultimately admit that he's embellished his tale, and that it is all true, except that part about "the jewel." See mums312-b236-i037 for earlier draft.
Author:
Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963
Date:
[ca. 1906]
Format:
Manuscripts
Genre:
Short stories
Typescripts
Drafts (documents)
Location:
Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
Box 236 (shelf locator)
Collection (local):
W. E. B. Du Bois Papers
Series:
Series 14. Short Stories and Fables
Subjects:
Railroad travel--Fiction
Detective and mystery stories
Extent:
15 p.
Link to Item:
http://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/mums312-b236-i036
Terms of Use:
All rights for this document are held by the David Graham Du Bois Trust. Requests to publish, redistribute, or replicate this material should be addressed to Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries.
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Language:
English
Identifier:
mums312-b236-i036