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Author:

Jackson, Lawrence Patrick, author.

Title:

Chester B. Himes : a biography / Lawrence P. Jackson.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

W. W. Norton & Company,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

xv, 606 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Subject:

Himes, Chester B.,--1909-1984.
Novelists, American--20th century--Biography.
African American novelists--Biography.
Biographies.

Notes:

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.

ISBN:

0393063895
9780393063899

OCLC:

(OCoLC)951070835

LCCN:

2017013307

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

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

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

KAPF566 -- Keokuk Public Library (Keokuk)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)