(#166581) LONELY CRUSADE. Chester Himes.

LONELY CRUSADE. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1947. Octavo, pp. [1-2: blank] [3-8] [1-2] 3-398 [399: blank] [400: "a note on the type ...] [401-404: blank], original brown cloth, front panel stamped in blind, spine panel stamped in gold, fore and bottom edges rough trimmed. First edition. The author's second book and second novel. "In the 1940s Himes spent time in Los Angeles, working as a screenwriter but also producing two novels, IF HE HOLLERS LET HIM GO (1945) and LONELY CRUSADE (1947), which charted the experiences of the wave of black migrants, drawn by the city's defense industries, and their dealings with the established black community, fellow workers, unions and management ... Himes's novels encompassed many genres including the crime novel/mystery and political polemics, exploring racism in the United States ... Himes wrote about African Americans in general, especially in two books that are concerned with labor relations and African-American workplace issues. IF HE HOLLERS LET HIM GO -- which contains many autobiographical elements -- is about a black shipyard worker in Los Angeles during World War II struggling against racism, as well as his own violent reactions to racism. LONELY CRUSADE is a longer work that examines some of the same issues" (Wikipedia). Baird 1171. Coan, p. 189. Rideout, p.299. Hanna 1729. Gold lettering on spine panel dull, a very good copy in very good dust jacket with wear at edges, several closed tears along upper edges of folds, short tear at top edge of spine panel with small internal tape mend, and some general age tanning. (#166581).

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