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Jackson, Lawrence Patrick
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Himes, Chester B., 1909-1984.
Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
Novelists, Black -- Biography.
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Jackson, Lawrence Patrick
Himes, Chester B., 1909-1984.
Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
Novelists, Black -- Biography.
BCALA Awards.
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Chester B. Himes : a biography /
Lawrence
P.
Jackson
.
by
Jackson
,
Lawrence
Patrick
W. W. Norton & Company, c2017.
Call #:
823 H657j
Subjects
Himes, Chester B., 1909-1984.
Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
Novelists, Black -- Biography.
BCALA Awards.
ISBN:
9780393063899 (hc)
0393063895 (hc)
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
xv, 606 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
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.
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.
Awards:
Winner of the BCALA Literary Award for Non-Fiction, 2018.
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Biographies.
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