If He Hollers Let Him Go
by Himes, Chester
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- As new mass market paperback. Signet 756, First printing December, 1949. An exceptional, collectible copy
- Seller
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Hulls Cove, Maine, United States
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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
- Mystery Cove Book Shop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 165552
- Title
- If He Hollers Let Him Go
- Author
- Himes, Chester
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- New As new mass market paperback. Signet 756, First printing December, 1949. An exceptional, collectible copy
- Publisher
- Signet
- Date Published
- 1949
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