The Marrow of Tradition

The Marrow of Tradition

First edition cover, 1901
Author	Charles W. Chesnutt
Language	English
Genre	Historical novel
Publisher	Houghton, Mifflin and Company
Publication date	October 1901
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (hardback & paperback)
OCLC	939418
Preceded by	The House Behind the Cedars

The Marrow of Tradition (1901) is a novel by the African-American author Charles W. Chesnutt, portraying a fictional account of the Wilmington Insurrection of 1898 in Wilmington, North Carolina, an event that had just recently occurred.