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Langston Hughes in Lawrence: Photographs and Biographical Resources


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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 809
EAN: 9780976177333
ISBN: 0976177331
Label: Mammoth
Manufacturer: Mammoth
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 128
Publication Date: December 30, 2004
Publisher: Mammoth
Studio: Mammoth

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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Langston Hughes in Lawrence by Denise Low & T.E. Pecore Weso
This is a lovely book of photographs of places important to the life of Langston Hughes, African American writer, in his boyhood residence in Lawrence, Kansas. The local historians and museum people who researched and wrote the book were inspired by the designation of his home as a national poetry landmark by the American Academy of Poets in 2004. The authors have interwoven aspects of Hughes' life with the images of local places such as the grocery store owned by his grandfather, Charles Langston, ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Challenging Political Correct Stereotypes
Langston Hughes wasn't ashamed of having two African American parents, being African American and a person of African decent!!!!!. There is no better testament to this fact than every word he put onto paper and every action of his during his lifetime!!!!!. But, this did not lead him to deny the complicated blood history of black Americans and himself. He was fully aware that unlike the pure African, black Americans are a composite of many strands of blood, a multicultural people of their own unique ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - An Invaluable Resource to Fully Understand Hughes
This ground-breaking book shows us the places as well as the history surrounding those places that shaped Langston Hughes' childhood and family history. With vivid pictures and descriptions, a complete geneology, and an awesome amount of new discoveries about where and who influenced Hughes' growth, this book is a gem in Langston Hughes scholarship.

"LANGSTON HUGHES IN LAWRENCE is a remarkable portrait of a place that nurtured a man known for his words more than one hundred years after his ... Read More
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