Part of the original manuscript of Juneteenth was destroyed by a fire in 1967, and Ellison claimed to be devastated by the loss. on February 2, 2010.Įllison began work on his second novel around 1954, following the 1952 publication of Invisible Man and its success. He edited it in the way he believed that Ellison would have wanted it to be written.Ī fuller version of the manuscript was published as Three Days Before the Shooting. Ellison's longtime friend and literary executor, biographer and critic John F.
He had never completed a manuscript from this material. It was published posthumously, compiled as a 368-page condensation of material from more than 2,000 pages written by him over a period of 40 years.
Juneteenth (1999) is the second novel by American Ralph Ellison.
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