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The Black Russian

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by Vladimir Alexandrov
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Availability:In StockContributor:Vladimir AlexandrovPublish date:2014-04-08Pages:336
Language:EnglishPublisher:Grove PressISBN-13:9780802122292ISBN-10:802122299UPC:9780802122292Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, HistoryBook Subcategory:Modern, RussiaSize:8.90 x 5.90 x 1.00 inchesWeight:0.8003Product ID:SCR98JYV76
The Black Russian is the incredible true story of Frederick Bruce Thomas, born in 1872 to former slaves who became prosperous farmers in Mississippi. After his father was brutally murdered, Frederick left the South and worked as a waiter in Chicago and Brooklyn. Seeking greater freedom, he traveled to London, then crisscrossed Europe, and--in a highly unusual choice for a black American at the time--went to Russia.

Because he found no color line there, Frederick settled in Moscow, becoming a rich and famous owner of variety theaters and restaurants. When the Bolshevik Revolution ruined him, he barely escaped to Constantinople, where he made another fortune by opening celebrated nightclubs as the "Sultan of Jazz." However, the long arm of American racism, the xenophobia of the new Turkish Republic, and Frederick's own extravagance landed him in debtor's prison. He died in Constantinople in 1928.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Grove PressISBN-13:9780802122292ISBN-10:802122299UPC:9780802122292Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, HistoryBook Subcategory:Modern, RussiaSize:8.90 x 5.90 x 1.00 inchesWeight:0.8003Product ID:SCR98JYV76
Vladimir Alexandrov received a Ph. D. in comparative literature from Princeton. He taught Russian literature and culture at Harvard before moving to Yale, where he is B.E. Bensinger Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures. He is the author of books on Bely, Nabokov, and Tolstoy, and has published numerous articles on various other Russian writers and topics.

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