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Author:

Leeming, David Adams, 1937-

Title:

James Baldwin : a biography / David Leeming.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Knopf,

Copyright Date:

1994

Description:

xv, 442 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Baldwin, James,--1924-1987.
Authors, American--20th century--Biography.
African American authors--Biography.

Notes:

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 --
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.

ISBN:

9780394577081
0394577086

LCCN:

93030847

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

W7AX771 -- Urban Campus (Des Moines)

OSAX771 -- Grand View University Library (Des Moines)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

URAX314 -- Clarke University - Nicholas J. Schrup Library (Dubuque)

LLPB057 -- Exira Public Library (Exira) — B BALDWIN

ZYPE837 -- Harlan Community Library (Harlan)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)

HWAX074 -- Hawkeye Community College Library (Waterloo)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)