J.(ulia) Peterkin SIGNATURE & Address 1 1/2 Inches High by 2 1/2 Inches Wide Small Piece Of Paper Noted American Author Of Black American Southern Life

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ANTIQUE J.(ulia) Peterkin SIGNATURE & Address 1 1/2 Inches High by 2 1/2 Inches Wide Small Piece Of Paper Noted American Author Of Black American Southern Life. Signed In Ink: "J. Peterkin" J.(ULIA) PETERKIN (1880-1961) was a noted American author from South Carolina. In 1929 she won the Pulitzer Prize for Novel/Literature for her novel "Scarlet Sister Mary". She wrote several novels about the plantation South, especially the Gullah people of the Southern Low country. She was one of the few white authors who wrote about the African-American experience. She married William George Peterkin in 1903, a planter who owned a 2,000-acre cotton plantation near Fort Motte. She began writing short stories, inspired by the everyday life and management of the plantation. She was described as audacious as well as gracious by Robeson. Peterkin sent highly assertive letters to people she did not know and had never met. For example, she wrote to authors Carl Sandberg & H. L. Mencken and included samples of her writing about the Gullah culture of coastal South Carolina. Mencken became Peterkin's literary agent in her early career, & led her to Alfred Knopf, who published "Green Thursday," her first book, in 1924. Her short stories were published in magazines and newspaper throughout her career. Her Pulitzer Prize novel "Scarlet Sister Mary" aroused controversy in the South. The public library in the small town of Gaffney, South Carolina classified it as obscene and banned it. However, the local newspaper published the complete book in serial form. Julia Peterkin used the Gullah language in many of her novels and stories. In the 1930s, Peterkin worked for the Federal Writers' Project, collecting folklore from white and black communities of rural South Carolina. Afro American writer and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston used Negro dialect in her novels, contrary to the practice of the other writers in the Harlem Renaissance. Some objected in print to such conventions. Hurston wrote that she had met Peterkin and began a correspondence, but no letters between them have been found." Some folds, o/w Overall Condition is Very Good. ALL ITEMS ARE GUARANTEED TO BE ACCURATELY DESCRIBED, NOT DEFECTIVE, & GENUINE. PLEASE NOTE: We do all our own shipping. We will combine shipping on multiple items, where possible to save the winning bidder on shipping costs. Shipping will be added to the winning bidder's invoice for item(s) won. Media Mail postage from USPS will be used for shipping in the United States for those items allowed. The lowest alternative cost shipping will be billed for items not allowed by USPS to be shipped by Media Mail. Foreign winning bidders will pay postage based on their countries small/medium/large Flat Rate box postage rates & weight of the package. Other types of postage are available at the added expense at the bidders' request. You also agree to pay any applicable taxes and/or customs/import duties. A Tracking Number will be provided to the buyer. Insurance is mandatory on packages over USD 100 and will be added to postage charges when applicable.