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Coming Home:
by Cooper, Floyd
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/VG
- ISBN 10
- 0399226826
- ISBN 13
- 9780399226823
- Seller
-
Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
From the d.j. flap: "Young Langston Hughes was a dreamer, The thing he dreamed most about was having a home. Yes, he had a home with his Granma Mary Langston, but his papa was in Mexico and his mama was trying to be a star. Langston longed for a real home. His storyteller granma did give him heroes like Booker T. Washington and Langston's own Buffalo soldier uncles, heroes who were black just like him. And there were things he loved--the big, bright library in Kansas City, the jazzy sound of blues music on a street corner, and the rhythms of the Baptist Church near Auntie Reed's. But it was when he began to write, incorporating these people, places, and rhythms into his poetry and prose, that Langston reached people all over the world, and discovered where his home really was."
Synopsis
Young Langston Hughes was a dreamer. He dreamed about heroes like Booker T. Washington, who was black just like him. When he heard the clackety-clack of train wheels, he dreamed about the places it had been. But most of all, he dreamed about having a happy home. And so, one day, he began turning those dreams into beautiful prose. As he did, he discovered where his home really was?in the words and rhythms of his poetry that reached people all over the world. The beloved Langston Hughes comes to life in a book for poets, dreamers, children and adults ?anyone who has ever thought of what home means to them. ?Teachers looking for a good way to introduce youngsters to this prominent poet will find this book to be an excellent accompaniment to his work.? -- School Library Journal ?Like Hughes? poetry, the power of Cooper?s story is that it confronts sadness even as it transcends it.? -- Booklist ?His text is as inviting as his illustrations.? -- The New York Times Book Review
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Details
- Bookseller
- Stillman Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 643SB
- Title
- Coming Home:
- Author
- Cooper, Floyd
- Format/Binding
- Glossy pictorial binding with White lettering on spine and front board.
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- VG
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0399226826
- ISBN 13
- 9780399226823
- Publisher
- Philomel Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1994
- Pages
- Unpaginated (30)
- Size
- Tall 4 to.
- Keywords
- SIGNED by author/artist Floyd Cooper without inscription. D.j. has 3 short taped tears.
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children's and other illustrated books, along with aviation, sea and naval and other categories. I'm still plugging along after 42 years of book-selling.