Home to Harlem [electronic resource] / by Claude McKay ; foreword by Wayne F. Cooper.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McKay, Claude, 1890-1948.

Series:

Northeastern Library of Black Literature

Northeastern library of Black literature

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Race discrimination--Fiction.

Race discrimination.

African Americans--Fiction.

African Americans.

Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--Fiction.

Harlem (New York, N.Y.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (370 p.)

Edition:

1st Northeastern University Press ed.

Place of Publication:

Boston : Northeastern University Press, 1987, c1928.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A novel that gives voice to the alienation and frustration of urban blacks during an era when Harlem was in vogue

Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Content; FOREWORD; FIRST PART; I GOING BACK HOME; II ARRIVAL; III ZEDDY; IV CONGO ROSE; V ON THE JOB AGAIN; VI MYRTLE AVENUE; VII ZEDDY'S RISE AND FALL; VIII THE RAID OF THE BALTIMORE; IX JAKE MAKES A MOVE; SECOND PART; X THE RAILROAD; XI SNOWSTORM IN PITTSBURGH; XII THE TREEING OF THE CHEF; XIII ONE NIGHT IN PHILLY; XIV INTERLUDE; XV RELAPSE; XVI A PRACTICAL PRANK; XVII HE ALSO LOVED; XVIII A FAREWELL FEED; THIRD PART; XIX SPRING IN HARLEM; XX FELICE; XXI THE GIFT THAT BILLY GAVE

Notes:

Reprint. Originally published: New York : Harper, 1928. With new introd.

ISBN:

1-283-94895-8

1-55553-779-0

OCLC:

823388665