| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
xv, 442 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Note |
"This is a Borzoi book"--T.p. verso. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [405]-417) and index. |
| Contents |
The Harlem life -- Bill Miller -- Awakenings -- Beauford Delaney -- Probings -- The expatriate -- Lucien and the mountain -- Go tell it on the mountain -- The search for Giovanni -- Notes of a native son -- The Amen corner -- A period of transition -- Giovanni's room -- End of an era -- The journey south -- The call of the stage -- Sermons and blues -- In search of a role -- Nobody knows my name -- Another country -- Africa and the fire next time -- The activist -- Blues for Mister Charlie -- Lucien and the white problem -- Searching for a new life -- Istanbul -- |
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Tell me how long the train's been gone -- One day, when I was lost - No name in the street -- If Beale Street could talk -- The devil finds work -- Just above my head -- The evidence of things not seen : remember this house -- Gathering around the welcome table. |
| Subject |
Baldwin, James, 1924-1987
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Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
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African American authors -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
0394577086 |
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