Chapter 7

1. Conroy’s works consist of two novels,The DisinheritedandA World to Win, several children’s books, andThey Seek the City, a history of Negro migration written in collaboration with Arna Bontemps with the assistance of a Guggenheim Fellowship.

1. Conroy’s works consist of two novels,The DisinheritedandA World to Win, several children’s books, andThey Seek the City, a history of Negro migration written in collaboration with Arna Bontemps with the assistance of a Guggenheim Fellowship.

2. An informative pamphlet on literary agents can be obtained from the Society of Authors Representatives, 522 Fifth Avenue, New York 36.

2. An informative pamphlet on literary agents can be obtained from the Society of Authors Representatives, 522 Fifth Avenue, New York 36.

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