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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  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: March 1970
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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.

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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" L (0.95 lbs) 384 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 1900-1949
- Chronological Period - 1851-1899
- Ethnic Orientation - African American
Features: Table of Contents
Review Citations: Booklist 02/01/1992 pg. 991
 
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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.
 
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