Mules and Men Summary
Zora Neale Hurston

Mules and Men Summary

Zora Neal Hurston says that she is relieved when someone tells her that she should go collect folk stories of the blacks of the Deep South. With a financial backer and an idea of where she wants to travel, she sets out to do just that. Upon arriving in Eatonville, Florida, she tells friends that she's come to record their biggest lies. The stories almost immediately begin to flow and Hurston...

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