| Young C.L.R. James: A Graphic Novelette Contributor(s): Knight, Milton (Illustrator), Ware, Lawrence (Editor), Buhle, Paul (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1629635146 ISBN-13: 9781629635149 Publisher: PM Press OUR PRICE: $5.91 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Comics & Graphic Novels | Nonfiction - Biography & Memoir - History | Caribbean & West Indies - General - History | Europe - Great Britain - General |
| Series: PM Pamphlet |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.2" W x 8.3" (0.15 lbs) 48 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Caribbean & West Indies - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This unique comic by Milton Knight illuminates the early years of C.L.R. James (1901-1989), known in much later years as the "last great Pan-Africanist." The son of a provincial school administrator in British-governed Trinidad, James disappointed his family by embracing the culture and passions of the colonial underclass, Carnival and cricket. He joined the literary avant-garde of the island before leaving for Britain. In the UK, James swiftly became a beloved cricket journalist, playwright for his close friend Paul Robeson, and a pathbreaking scholar of black history with The Black Jacobins (1938), the first history of the Haitian revolt. The artistic skills of Milton Knight, at once acute and provocative, bring out James's unique personality, how it arose, and how he became a world figure. |