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The Cotillion: Or, One Good Bull is Half the Herd
The Cotillion Or One Good Bull is Half the Herd Author:John Oliver Killens Beautiful, young Yoruba of Harlem has been invited to participate in a cotillion thrown annually by the African American high society of Queens. Caught between the indifference of her father, the excitement of her mother, and her prodigal boyfriend's militancy, Yoruba persuades her sister debutantes to challenge the aging doyennes in one of the ... more »most sidesplitting scenes in American literature.« less