James Baldwin, author, one-time holy roller preacher and civil rights activist, was one of the best writers to come out of America. Angry, provocative and courageous, he presented even his most passionately held views in his elegant and original style. His central theme of the plight of the black and, indeed, of any outsider, read as vividly as they did when he first wrote them.
David Leeming, a close friend and trusted colleague, was chosen by James Baldwin to write his biography. They worked together in Europe in the sixties and became good friends. Leeming had been granted exclusive access to much of Baldwin's correspondence in writing this book.
James Baldwin was born in Harlem in 1924, the eldest of nine children in an impoverished family. David Leeming traces his life through his ...Read More
James Baldwin, author, one-time holy roller preacher and civil rights activist, was one of the best writers to come out of America. Angry, provocative and courageous, he presented even his most passionately held views in his elegant and original style. His central theme of the plight of the black and, indeed, of any outsider, read as vividly as they did when he first wrote them.
David Leeming, a close friend and trusted colleague, was chosen by James Baldwin to write his biography. They worked together in Europe in the sixties and became good friends. Leeming had been granted exclusive access to much of Baldwin's correspondence in writing this book.
James Baldwin was born in Harlem in 1924, the eldest of nine children in an impoverished family. David Leeming traces his life through his ...Read More
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