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Description: Fourteen-year-old John struggles against the environmental influences of Harlem.A semi-autobiographical novel about John Grimes, a young man living in Harlem in the 1930s. His relationship with his strict preacher stepfather, Gabriel, who moved from the South during the Great Migration to escape his past, and the role of the Pentecostal Church in the lives of African Americans, are central themes of the novel.
Names: Baldwin, James, 1924-1987 (Author); New American Library (Publisher)
Dates / Origin: Date Issued: 1954; Place: New York, N.Y.; Publisher: Published by the New American Library,
Library locations: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division; Shelf locator: Sc Rare C 23-1
Topics: African American men; Racism -- United States; African Americans -- Social conditions; African American families -- New York (State) -- New York; African Americans -- Religion; African American families; African Americans -- Religion; Racism; Racism; African Americans; Harlem (New York, N.Y.); New York (State) -- New York; New York (State) -- New York -- Harlem; United States
Genres: pulp fiction; Fiction; Short stories; Bildungsromans; Books
Notes: Statement of responsibility: James Baldwin.; Content: Ahead of cover title: Sin and salvation in Harlem.; Content: A Signet book; complete and unabridged." -- cover; Content: "This is a reprint of the original hard cover edition published by Alfred A Knopf, Inc." -- preliminary page.; Content: "First printing, October 1954." -- t.p. verso.; Content: Includes advertisement for other books from the Signet book series or imprint.
Physical Description: Extent: 191 pages ; 18 cm
Type of Resource: Text
Identifiers: RLIN/OCLC: 6606395; NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b23120437; Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 1f16f790-b2f7-013c-4c70-0242ac110002

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