Publisher's Synopsis
Anne Scott's novella "George Samson Brite" (1939) recounts the antics of a recalcitrant school boy and the reactions of his community. Her story "Case 999" tells of an inner city youth who has become a victim of racial violence, the welfare system and street gangs. Gertrude Pitts "Tragedies of Life" (1939), a narrative fiction and drama in three acts, relates the story of an African American family's troubled journey from slavery to freedom.