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By the time Hurston arrived, Kossola had outlived his wife and children by almost two decades and was only a few years away from his own death.

By the time Hurston arrived, Kossola had outlived his wife and children by almost two decades and was only a few years away from his own death. Photograph from Erik Overbey Collection, Doy Leale McCall Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of South Alabama