Bibliograph

Chester B. Himes, a biography, Lawrence P. Jackson

Type

Label

Chester B. Himes, a biography, Lawrence P. Jackson

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

platesillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Chester B. Himes

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

951070835

Responsibility statement

Lawrence P. Jackson

Sub title

a biography

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

Table Of 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

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