Description: Oscar Micheaux, the great and only

Main Author:	McGilligan, Patrick.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : HarperCollins, [2007]
Physical Description:	vii, 402 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Micheaux, Oscar, -- 1884-1951. Motion picture producers and directors -- United States -- Biography. African American motion picture producers and directors -- Biography.

Item Description:	Includes bibliographical references (pages [375]-390) and index. Includes filmography: pages 352-366. "Works by Oscar Micheaux": page [351]. 1884-1900: Metropolis, Illinois -- 1900-1904: black Metropolis -- 1904-1906: the rosebud -- 1906-1908: the one true woman -- 1908-1909: a new persona -- 1909-1912: hammer blows -- 1912-1914: dark days -- 1914-1918: the film bug -- 1919-1921: a tongue of fire -- 1921-1922: Harlem and Roanoke -- 1923-1924: the pale of the law -- 1925-1927: straws in the wind -- 1928-1931: a miracle rebound -- 1931-1935: Jews with money -- 1936-1940: reaping and sowing -- 1941-1947: the wind from nowhere -- 1947-1951: ahead of time.
Physical Description:	vii, 402 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages [375]-390) and index. Includes filmography: pages 352-366. "Works by Oscar Micheaux": page [351].
ISBN:	0060731397 9780060731397