7 best short stories by Paul Laurence Dunbar by Paul Laurence Dunbar & August Nemo

7 best short stories by Paul Laurence Dunbar

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Paul Laurence Dunbar was an American poet, novelist, and playwright of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Dunbar began to write stories and verse when still a child; he was president of his high school's literary society. He published his first poems at the age of 16 in a Dayton newspaper.

The critic August Nemo selected seven short stories by this remarkable author for your enjoyment:

- The Scapegoat.
- One Christmas At Shiloh.
- The Mission Of Mr. Scatters.
- A Matter Of Doctrine.
- Old Abe's Conversion.
- The Race Question.
- A Defender Of The Faith.

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