Ol' Man Adam an' His Chillun

Ol' Man Adam an' His Chillun
Author	Roark Bradford
Illustrator
Country	United Kingdom; United States
Language	English
Subject	Religion, dogma
Genre	Drama
Publisher	Harper & Brothers
Publication date	1928
Media type	Print: Hardcover
Pages	264 pp (first edition)
OCLC	23314714

Ol' Man Adam an' His Chillun is a collection of pseudo-African American folk tales written by white author Roark Bradford and published in the United Kingdom and the United States in 1928. It was compared to the tales about Uncle Remus and had moderate success, the Chicago Post called it "howlingly funny".^[1] Poet Sterling Brown criticized the way it depicted African Americans.^[1]

The book was soon adapted to a play The Green Pastures by Marc Connelly which won the 1930 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.^[2] This was later made into the 1936 movie The Green Pastures.

Black actor Mantan Moreland adapted it for Caedmon Records based on material in the book.^[1]

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c Steven C. Tracy (2008). John Henry: Roark Bradford's Novel and Play. Oxford University Press. p. 19. Retrieved April 14, 2019.
^ Tom Williams (2006). "Roark Bradford". In Joseph M. Flora (ed.). Southern Writers: A New Biographical Dictionary. LSU Press. p. 39. Retrieved April 14, 2019.

[Tracy-1] Steven C. Tracy (2008). John Henry: Roark Bradford's Novel and Play. Oxford University Press. p. 19. Retrieved April 14, 2019.

[2] Tom Williams (2006). "Roark Bradford". In Joseph M. Flora (ed.). Southern Writers: A New Biographical Dictionary. LSU Press. p. 39. Retrieved April 14, 2019.

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