| A Long Way from Home Contributor(s): McKay, Claude (Author) |
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ISBN: 0156531453 ISBN-13: 9780156531450 Publisher: Ecco Press OUR PRICE: $27.55 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1970 Annotation: McKay's account of his long odyssey from Jamaica to Harlem and then on to France, Britain, North Africa, Russia, and finally back to America. As well as depicting his own experiences, the author describes his encounters with such notable personalities as Charlie Chaplin, George Bernard Shaw, H. G. Wells, Leon Trotsky, W. E. B. Du Bois, Isadora Duncan, Paul Robeson, and Sinclair Lewis. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures - Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional - African American & Black - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 76011560 |
| Physical Information: 0.94" H x 5.06" W x 8.14" (0.95 lbs) 384 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1949 - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: McKay's account of his long odyssey from Jamaica to Harlem and then on to France, Britain, North Africa, Russia, and finally back to America. As well as depicting his own experiences, the author describes his encounters with such notable personalities as Charlie Chaplin, George Bernard Shaw, H. G. Wells, Leon Trotsky, W. E. B. Du Bois, Isadora Duncan, Paul Robeson, and Sinclair Lewis. |