![]() ![]() Ironically, Margaret Mitchell's novel was published just the year before Their Eyes Were Watching God, but the two tangled love stories had very different fates. McDaniel had just begun her acting career in Los Angeles when Hurston's book was published, but she was soon to be cast in her most famous role of "Mammy" in Gone With the Wind, a role which earned her the first Oscar™ awarded to an African-American actor. Not only is it an extremely rare first edition in a complete dust jacket, but it is warmly inscribed for Hattie McDaniel. This is an exceptional copy of Zora Neale Hurston's most influential novel. Deeply reverent, Zora Neale Hurston." Both Hurston and McDaniel were daughters of Baptist ministers. įirst edition in rare dust jacket, presentation copy for Hattie McDaniel, inscribed and signed by the author on the front free endpaper: "To Hattie McDaniel, A beautiful throne angel on the right-hand side. ![]()
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