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If He Hollers Let Him Go
by Himes, Chester
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Black cloth boards with yellow lettering on spine; near fine in repaired unclipped dust jacket with loss at spine, rubbed on low
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About This Item
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, 1945. First Edition of the author's first book. [6], [1]-249 pp. 8vo. Black cloth boards with yellow lettering on spine; near fine in repaired unclipped dust jacket with loss at spine, rubbed on lower front cover with some small tears along upper and lower edges, bumped upper corner and light soiling; overall a very good copy. First Edition of the author's first book. [6], [1]-249 pp. 8vo. Himes' first novel, a sexually-charged exploration of the alienated consciousness of an African-American worker in an armaments plant in Los Angeles during World War Two, it earned him critical praise, favorable comparison to the works of Richard Wright, and significant analysis in Franz Fanon's seminal study of racism, Black Skin, White Masks (Peau noire, masques blancs, 1952).
Synopsis
If He Hollers Let Him Go is the first novel by Chester Himes, published in 1945. It is about an African American shipyard worker in Los Angeles during World War II. A 1968 film adaptation with Raymond St. Jacques, Barbara McNair, Kevin McCarthy, and Arthur O'Connell bore little resemblance to the book. The story spans four days in the life of Bob Jones, a newcomer to L.A. from Ohio, who has some college education and works as a crew leader in a naval shipyard. It is considered a protest novel, in the same vein as Richard Wright's book Native Son, published 5 years earlier.
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- Bookseller
- James Cummins Bookseller
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 333561
- Title
- If He Hollers Let Him Go
- Author
- Himes, Chester
- Format/Binding
- [6], [1]-249 pp. 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Black cloth boards with yellow lettering on spine; near fine in repaired unclipped dust jacket with loss at spine, rubbed on low
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition of the author's first book
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, New York
- Date Published
- 1945
- Keywords
- Black | First Book | American
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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