Frank Garvin Yerby

From open-encyclopedia.com - the free encyclopedia.

Frank Garvin Yerby (September 5, 1916 - November 29, 1991) was an African American historical novelist. His best known work is The Man from Dahomey (1971). Yerby left the United States in 1955 in protest against racial discrimination.

Frank Yerby died in Madrid, Spain and was interred there in the Cementerio de la Almudena.

Books by Frank Yerby

• The Foxes of Harrow (1946)
• Pride's Castle (1949)
• Fair Oaks (1957)
• Griffin's Way (1962)
• Judas, My Brother (1964)
• Speak Now (1969)
• The Dahomean (1971, later published as The Man from Dahomey)
• Devilseed (1984)
• McKenzie's Hundred (1985)