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He began to write novels with ''Chariot in the Cloud'' (1929), which was rejected, and became very famous for ''God Sends Sunday'' and ''Popo and Fifina: Children of Haiti'' (1932), a children's book co-written by Langston Hughes.<ref name="pedia">"Bontemps, Arna."
He began to write novels with ''Chariot in the Cloud'' (1929), which was rejected, and became very famous for ''God Sends Sunday'' and ''Popo and Fifina: Children of Haiti'' (1932), a children's book co-written by Langston Hughes.<ref name="pedia">"Bontemps, Arna."
''Encyclopedia: Literature and Arts, American Literature''. http://www.encyclopedia.com/people/literature-and-arts/american-literature-biographies/arna-bontemps</ref> His ''God Sends Sunday'' described a black jockey of the 1890s called Little Augie and his losing his luck in Mudtown, a fictitious suburb of Watts, California.<ref name="pedia"></ref> His next novels, ''Black Thunder'' (1936) and ''Drums at Dusk'', were about slave revolts in Virginia and Haiti, respectively.<ref>"Bontemps, Arna." ''Encyclopedia Britannica Online''.</ref> One of his best known works his the children's history ''Story of the Negro'' (1949), a Newbery winner.<ref>Johnson, Virginia.
''Encyclopedia: Literature and Arts, American Literature''. http://www.encyclopedia.com/people/literature-and-arts/american-literature-biographies/arna-bontemps</ref> His ''God Sends Sunday'' described a black jockey of the 1890s called Little Augie and his losing his luck in Mudtown, a fictitious suburb of Watts, California.<ref name="pedia" /> His next novels, ''Black Thunder'' (1936) and ''Drums at Dusk'', were about slave revolts in Virginia and Haiti, respectively.<ref>"Bontemps, Arna." ''Encyclopedia Britannica Online''.</ref> One of his best known works his the children's history ''Story of the Negro'' (1949), a Newbery winner.<ref>Johnson, Virginia.
"Arna Bontemps Left a Rich Literary Legacy." http://www.librarypoint.org/author_arna_bontemps</ref>
"Arna Bontemps Left a Rich Literary Legacy." http://www.librarypoint.org/author_arna_bontemps</ref>