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Copyright © 2003 by Valerie Boyd
Letters of Zora Neale Hurston © Estate of Zora Neale Hurston

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First Lisa Drew / Scribner trade paperback edition 2004

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Boyd, Valerie.
Wrapped in rainbows : the life of Zora Neale Hurston / Valerie Boyd.
p. cm.
“A Lisa Drew book.”
Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.
1. Hurston, Zora Neale. 2. Novelists, American—20th century—Biography.
3. African American women—Southern States—Biography.
4. Women folklorists—United States—Biography.
5. African American women novelists—Biography.
6. Folklorists—United States—Biography.
7. African American novelists—Biography. 8. Southern States—Biography.
I. Title.
PS3515.U789 Z63 2002
813′.52—dc21
[B] 2002017011

ISBN 0-684-84230-0
ISBN 978-1-4391-2541-0 (ebook)
0-7432-5329-9 (Pbk)

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