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Khain =Frank Yerby=

Frank was born on September 5, 1916 in Augusta, G.A., to Rufus Garvin Yerby and Wilhelmina Yerby. From 1939-1941, he taught english in Florida Agricultural and Mechanical College, which is now a university, and Southern University/Agricultural/Mechanical College. From 1941-1944, he worked in the Ford Motor Company in Dearborn, MI, as a laboratory technician. From 1944-1945, he worked as the cheif inspector at Ranger Aircraft in Jamaica, NY. He became a resident of Madrid, Spain, starting in 1955, and lived for a while in france in the 1950s. He died of a heart failure on November 29, 1991, in Madrid, Spain.

He wrote fiction novels and short stories, which were originally published by Dial Press in New York. A few of his stories include //The Foxes of Harrow, The Vixens,// and //The Golden Hawk//. //The Foxes of Harrow// was the first best-selling novel by an african american. He has won various honors, including the O. Henry Memorial Award in 1944 for his short story "Health Card". A lot of his novels' time periods are antebellum, (after civil war), South, and the main characters are usually handsome white men. Many blacks criticised him for not adressing and using racism in his books.

What makes Frank Yerby an important author are his accomplishments. He won many honors, not just for his books, but for his teaching and other professions. His books might not have been liked by blacks, but he was the first best-selling black author. He lived a good long life, dying of heart failure at 75. It's also good that he only died of a heart failure, and not murder or something worse.

Sources:

"YERBY, Frank G(arvin) 1916-."__Contemporary Authors: First Revision__.

"YERBY, Frank G(arvin) 1916-1991."__Contemporary Authors: New Revision Series__.

Bone, Robert. __The Negro Novel in America__. revised edition. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, Inc., 1958.

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