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Chester B. Himes : a biography Cover Image Book Book

Chester B. Himes : a biography

Jackson, Lawrence Patrick (author.).

Summary: Explores Himes' middle-class origins, imprisonment, creative experiences during World War II, and eventual escape to Europe, where he became famous for his Harlem detective series and its themes of sexuality, racism, and social injustice.

Item details

  • ISBN: 9780393063899
  • ISBN: 0393063895
  • Physical Description: print
    xv, 606 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : W. W. Norton & Company, [2017].

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Old school Negro: 1909-1914 -- The Southern crosses the Yellow Dog: 1914-1925 -- Banquets and cocaine balls: 1925-1928 -- Gray city of exiled men: 1928-1936 -- White folks and the days: 1936-1941 -- Ruin of the golden dream: 1941-1944 -- Trying to win a home: 1944-1945 -- Monkey an' the lion: 1946-1948 -- Inflicting a wound upon himself: 1948-1952 -- Cadillacs to cotton sacks: 1952-1954 -- Othello: 1954-1955 -- A pistol in his hand, again: 1955-1959 -- Five cornered square: 1959-1962 -- Cotton comes to Harlem: 1963-1965 -- A Moor in Spain: 1965-1972 -- Afro-American people's novelist: 1972-1984.

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      Athens-Clarke County Library 		BIO HIMES ( Send Text)
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