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Banana Bottom / Claude McKay.

By:

McKay, Claude, 1890-1948

Publication details: Chatham, N.J. : Chatham Bookseller, 1970, 1933.Description: 317 pages ; 22 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

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Additional physical formats: Banana Bottom.DDC classification:

F Ja McK

LOC classification:

PZ3.M1926 Bam7 PS3525.A24785

Other classification:

HQ 7580

Available additional physical forms:

Also issued online.

Summary: Bita Plant is adopted and sent to England from Jamaica by white missionary benefactors and returns to her home village of Banana Bottom seven years later a beautiful, cultured young lady. Despite the evangelical guidance of her foster parents and friendship with a white squire, Bita is increasingly drawn to the vitality of her more natural culture with its festivals, superstitions, revival meetings, and passionate courtships.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Barcode
Books	National Library of Jamaica	Daphne Douglas Reading Room	F Ja McK (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	1000000101335
Books	National Library of Jamaica	Daphne Douglas Reading Room	F Ja McK (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	1000000018197
Books	OCLC Data		F Ja McK (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	0000000000431
Books	OCLC Data	Rare Books Floor	F Ja McK (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	0000000003597

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Bita Plant is adopted and sent to England from Jamaica by white missionary benefactors and returns to her home village of Banana Bottom seven years later a beautiful, cultured young lady. Despite the evangelical guidance of her foster parents and friendship with a white squire, Bita is increasingly drawn to the vitality of her more natural culture with its festivals, superstitions, revival meetings, and passionate courtships.

Also issued online.

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