Project Gutenberg 2008-02-29 Public domain in the USA. 323 Dunbar, Paul Laurence 1872 1906 The heart of Happy Hollow : $b A collection of stories 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 -- Cahoots -- The Promoter -- The Wisdom of Silence -- The Triumph of Ol' Mis' Pease -- The Lynching of Jube Benson -- Schwalliger's Philanthropy -- The Interference of Patsy Ann -- The Home-Coming of 'Rastus Smith -- The Boy and the Bayonet. Produced by Greg Bergquist, Suzanne Shell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "The Heart of Happy Hollow" by Paul Laurence Dunbar is a collection of stories written in the late 19th century. The book depicts the lives and experiences of African Americans in a small Southern town, exploring themes such as community, identity, and the challenges of social and racial dynamics. Through a range of characters and narratives, Dunbar highlights the resilience, humor, and complexity of their lives. The opening of the collection introduces the setting of Happy Hollow, a place symbolically representing the African American experience, where joy and sorrow coexist. Dunbar outlines various incidents and characters that illustrate the daily lives, aspirations, and struggles of the community. He begins with the story of Robinson Asbury, a barber who rises to political prominence but faces challenges and betrayals as he navigates the intersection of race and power in politics. This sets a tone that blends social commentary with personal narratives, suggesting that the stories to follow will further explore these themes through the lives of other characters in Happy Hollow. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 79.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Short stories African Americans -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction Category: Short Stories Category: American Literature 292273 2025-06-10T09:17:05.771365 text/html 293339 2021-01-03T08:47:31 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 110872 2021-01-03T08:47:31 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 191269 2025-06-10T09:17:14.223323 application/epub+zip 191973 2025-06-10T09:17:09.150366 application/epub+zip 175830 2025-06-10T09:17:07.726341 application/epub+zip 342314 2025-06-10T09:17:17.978287 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 315201 2025-06-10T09:17:13.281300 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 277828 2022-09-11T11:33:32.715639 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 266935 2025-06-10T09:17:05.049333 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 266734 2021-01-03T08:47:31 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 105854 2021-01-03T08:47:31 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 266725 2021-01-03T08:47:31 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 105835 2021-01-03T08:47:31 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20793 2025-06-10T09:17:18.135262 application/rdf+xml 11619 2025-06-10T09:17:08.312326 image/jpeg 3077 2025-06-10T09:17:08.017331 image/jpeg 183076 2025-06-10T09:17:05.799319 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia