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I Wonder As I Wander

Name: I Wonder As I Wander
ISBN: 9780809015504

An Autobiographical Journey

Langston Hughes

Farrar Straus & Giroux · Print & ebook · August 1, 1993

Reading lane: African American Literary Collections

In I Wonder as I Wander , Langston Hughes vividly recalls the most dramatic and intimate moments of his life in the turbulent 1930s.

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A World in Motion

Personal recollection and worldly encounters make this 1930s journey both intimate and wide-ranging.

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A traveler's view of a turbulent 1930s world
Encounters with the famous and the humble

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Wars, revolutions, and dictatorships in the frame
An often amusing, wise account of life on the move

Book Details

Authors: Langston Hughes
Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux
Published: August 1, 1993
Format: Print & ebook
Theme: African American Literary Collections · Black Lit Crit
Reading lane: African American Literary Collections

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African American Literary Collections
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American Lit Crit
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Black & African American Lives
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About This Book

In I Wonder as I Wander , Langston Hughes vividly recalls the most dramatic and intimate moments of his life in the turbulent 1930s. His wanderlust leads him to Cuba, Haiti, Russia, Soviet Central Asia, Japan, Spain (during its Civil War), through dictatorships, wars, revolutions. He meets and brings to life the famous and the humble, from Arthur Koestler to Emma, the Black Mammy of Moscow. It is the continuously amusing, wise revelation of an American writer journeying arou...

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