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History of the American Negro in the Great World War. William Allison Sweeney
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isbn 4057664643018
Автор произведения William Allison Sweeney
Жанр Документальная литература
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William Allison Sweeney
History of the American Negro in the Great World War
Published by Good Press, 2019
EAN 4057664643018
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I.
FOREWORD
He was a red headed messenger boy and he handed me a letter in a NILE GREEN ENVELOPE, and this is what I read:
Dear Mr. Sweeney:
When on the 25th of March the last instalment of the MSS of the "History of the American Negro in the Great World War" was returned to us from your hands, bearing the stamp of your approval as to its historic accuracy; the wisdom and fairness of the reflections and recommendations of the corps of compilers placed at your service, giving you full authority to review the result of their labors, your obligation to the publishers ceased.
The transaction between us, a purely business one, had in every particular upon your part been complied with. From thenceforward, as far as you were obligated to the publishers, this History; what it is; what it stands for; how it will be rated by the reading masses—should be, and concretely, by your own people you so worthily represent and are today their most fearless and eloquent champion, is, as far as any obligation you may have been under