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by: James Weldon Johnson
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Binding: Audio CD
Dewey Decimal Number: 811
EAN: 9780974208817
ISBN: 0974208817
Label: MasterBuy Audio Books
Manufacturer: MasterBuy Audio Books
Number Of Items: 1
Publication Date: April 05, 2005
Publisher: MasterBuy Audio Books
Sales Rank: 3768993
Studio: MasterBuy Audio Books
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
This collection of 65 poems, read by professional actors, demonstrates the remarksble talent of James Weldon Johnson. It ranks with Johnson's acclaimed novel 'The Autobiography of An Ex-Colored Man' (a MasterBuy selection) and his enduring 'Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing', called by many the African-American National Hymn (recorded in MasterBuy's 'Seven Family Kwanzaa Programs').
The poems range over a number of Johnson's interests: the intriguing beauty of the tropics; the 'sorrow songs' rough hewn wisdom; the intoxicating effect of romance; dialect poems that provide insightful yet amusing truths. There are also other poems here, such as the brilliant 'And The Greatest Of These Is War.' ('O'Black and Unknown Bards' originally was published under the title of 'Fifty Years').
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