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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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