The Conjure-Man Dies: A Mystery Tale of Dark Harlem

by Rudolph Fisher

Overview

The first known mystery written by an African-American, set in 1930s Harlem

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780472064922
Publisher:	University of Michigan Press
Publication date:	02/18/1992
Series:	Ann Arbor Paperbacks
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	5.25(w) x 8.00(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Rudolph Fisher, physician and writer, was the author of several detective novels and short stories. Dr. Fisher, who lived most of his life in Harlem and in Jamaica, Long Island, died at the age of 37 in 1934.