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- "The Saturday Evening Post," June 27, 1903 - Before The Call of the Wild was a book, it was serialized in four issues of <em>The Saturday Evening Post</em>, a popular weekly magazine. This issue of the magazine -- part of a subscription owned by Clara Ford -- presented Part Two of the story. Jack London's approach was to unfold the story through the thoughts and emotions of his dog-hero, Buck.
- June 27, 1903
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"The Saturday Evening Post," June 27, 1903
Before The Call of the Wild was a book, it was serialized in four issues of The Saturday Evening Post, a popular weekly magazine. This issue of the magazine -- part of a subscription owned by Clara Ford -- presented Part Two of the story. Jack London's approach was to unfold the story through the thoughts and emotions of his dog-hero, Buck.
- "Porgy," 1925 - DuBose Heyward incorporated real-life elements of Charleston, South Carolina into his 1925 novel <i>Porgy</i>. The book's setting is based on an all-Black tenement in Charleston nicknamed "Cabbage Row"; some characters speak in a regional language called Gullah. Following the novel's critical and commercial success, Heyward and songwriters George and Ira Gershwin wrote the beloved 1935 opera adaptation, <i>Porgy and Bess</i>.
- 1925
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"Porgy," 1925
DuBose Heyward incorporated real-life elements of Charleston, South Carolina into his 1925 novel Porgy. The book's setting is based on an all-Black tenement in Charleston nicknamed "Cabbage Row"; some characters speak in a regional language called Gullah. Following the novel's critical and commercial success, Heyward and songwriters George and Ira Gershwin wrote the beloved 1935 opera adaptation, Porgy and Bess.