If He Hollers Let Him Go
by Himes, Chester
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good/About Very Good
- Seller
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Himes' first novel, quite uncommon signed, especially close to the year of publication.
Synopsis
If He Hollers Let Him Go is the first novel by Chester Himes, published in 1945. It is about an African American shipyard worker in Los Angeles during World War II. A 1968 film adaptation with Raymond St. Jacques, Barbara McNair, Kevin McCarthy, and Arthur O'Connell bore little resemblance to the book. The story spans four days in the life of Bob Jones, a newcomer to L.A. from Ohio, who has some college education and works as a crew leader in a naval shipyard. It is considered a protest novel, in the same vein as Richard Wright's book Native Son, published 5 years earlier.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 180824002
- Title
- If He Hollers Let Him Go
- Author
- Himes, Chester
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- About Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Doubleday and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1945
- Keywords
- signed, Harlem, crime
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
Terms of Sale
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
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About the Seller
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
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