FLETCHER, TOM. The Tom Fletcher Stor y. 100 Years of the Negro in Show Business. Copious illustrations. 8vo, pictorial cloth. New York: Burdge and Company, Ltd., (1954) E100/150 FIRST EDITION. A little-known, very detailed history of the Negro in

FLETCHER, TOM. The Tom Fletcher Stor y. 100 Years of the Negro in Show Business. Copious illustrations. 8vo, pictorial cloth. New York: Burdge and Company, Ltd., (1954) E100/150 FIRST EDITION. A little-known, very detailed history of the Negro in entertainment in the U.S Preceding the historical part of the book, Fletcher's biography recounts the minstrel show coming to town during slavery times and how the Black popu-lation passed the word by singing the Gospel song "Steal Away," at church, and many other interesting anecdotes.