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Livin' the Blues; Memoirs of a Black Journalist and Poet
by Frank Marshall Davis, John Edgar Tidwell, Editor (EDITOR SIGNED)
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0299135004
- ISBN 13
- 9780299135003
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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CA$27.59CA$19.31
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About This Item
Madison, WI: The University of Wisconsin Press, 1992 The University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, WI. 1992. Hardcover. First Printing by Line Number. Inscribed by the Editor on the half title page. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; slight bumping to tail. DJ: Near Fine; slight bumping to tail. Red cloth boards and spine with black lettering on the spine. 373 pp 8vo. Davis was a prominent black poet and journalist in the 1930s and 40s mostly in Chicago and Atlanta until he moved to Hawaii in 1948 and turned his back on his literary career causing him to disappear from literary history until the black history movement began in the 1960s. Davis devoted his life to self-empowerment through the written and spoken word and vigorous promotion of black expression through art and activism. A clean very presentable copy.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015902
- Title
- Livin' the Blues; Memoirs of a Black Journalist and Poet
- Author
- Frank Marshall Davis, John Edgar Tidwell, Editor (EDITOR SIGNED)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0299135004
- ISBN 13
- 9780299135003
- Publisher
- The University of Wisconsin Press
- Place of Publication
- Madison, WI
- Date Published
- 1992
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- poetry, civil rights, journalist, African -American, Arkansas City Kansas, Kansas State College, racial discrimination, communism, socialism, racism, soul music, writer, Negro writer, Kansas State College, black poetry, black writing, jazz course, jazz ra
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Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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