James Baldwin: A Biography

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James Baldwin: A Biography

James Baldwin was one of the great writers of the last century. In works that have become part of the American canonÂ—Go Tell It on a Mountain, Giovanniâ€™s Room, Another Country, The Fire Next Time, and The Evidence of Things Not SeenÂ—he explored issues of race and racism in America, class distinction, and sexual difference. A gay, African American writer who was born in Harlem, he found the freedom to express himself living in exile in Paris. When he returned to America to cover the Civil Rights movement, he became an activist and controversial spokesman for the movement, writing books that became bestsellers and made him a celebrity, landing him on the cover of Time.

In this biography, which Library Journal called Â“indispensable,â€ David Leeming creates an intimate portrait of a complex, troubled, driven, and brilliant man. He plumbs every aspect of Baldwinâ€™s life: his relationships with the unknown and the famous, including painter Beauford Delaney, Richard Wright, Lorraine Hansberry, Marlon Brando, Harry Belafonte, Lena Horne, and childhood friend Richard Avedon; his expatriate years in France and Turkey; his gift for compassion and love; the public pressures that overwhelmed his quest for happiness, and his passionate battle for black identity, racial justice, and to Â“end the racial nightmare and achieve our country.â€

Skyhorse Publishing, along with our Arcade, Good Books, Sports Publishing, and Yucca imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of biographies, autobiographies, and memoirs. Our list includes biographies on well-known historical figures like Benjamin Franklin, Nelson Mandela, and Alexander Graham Bell, as well as villains from history, such as Heinrich Himmler, John Wayne Gacy, and O. J. Simpson. We have also published survivor stories of World War II, memoirs about overcoming adversity, first-hand tales of adventure, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

Country	USA
Author	David Adams Leeming
Binding	Kindle Edition
Edition	Reprint
EISBN	9781628724691
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	Arcade
Manufacturer	Arcade
NumberOfPages	464
PublicationDate	2015-02-24
Publisher	Arcade
ReleaseDate	2015-02-24
Studio	Arcade

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