Dunfords travels everywheres / William Melvin Kelley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kelley, William Melvin, 1937-2017, author.

Contributor:

Kelley, Aiki, illustrator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Fiction.

African Americans.

Voyages and travels.

Voyages and travels--Fiction.

Self-actualization (Psychology)--Fiction.

Self-actualization (Psychology).

Genre:

Fiction.

Novels.

Action and adventure fiction.

Physical Description:

200 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Edition:

First Anchor Books edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Anchor Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, 2020.

Summary:

Ride on out with Rab and Turt, two o'New Afriquerque's toughfast, ruefest Texnosass Arangers, as they battle Chief Pubmichillo and ricure Mr. Charcarl Walker-Rider. Cut in on Carlyle Bedlowe, wrecker of marriage, saver of souls. Or just chug along with Chig Dunford, product of Harlem and private schools, on the circular voyage of self-discovery that takes him from Europe's Café of One Hand to Harlem's Jack O'Gee's Golden Grouse Bar and Restaurant. Beginning on an August Sunday in one of Europe's strangest cities, Dunfords Travels Everywheres but always returns back to the seme point - the "begending" - where Mr. Carcarl's dream becomes Chig Dunford's reality (the "Ivy League Negro" in the world outside the Ivory Tower.)

Notes:

"Originally published in hardcover in the United States by Doubleday, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York, in 1970." -- title page verso.

"Copyright © 1969, 1970 by The Estate of William Melvin Kelley. Illustrations copyright © 2020 by Aiki Kelley." -- title page verso

"With interior illustrations by Aiki" -- page 4 of cover.

American Book Awards, Winner, 2021

ISBN:

1984899376

9781984899378

OCLC:

1149264535