| Author |
McKay, Claude, 1890-1948 |
| LoC No. |
37003570
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| Title |
A long way from home
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| Original Publication |
United States: Lee Furman Inc., 1937.
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| Credits |
Tim Lindell, Graeme Mackreth and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)
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| Summary |
"A Long Way From Home" by Claude McKay is an autobiography published in 1937. The book chronicles McKay's journey from Jamaica to America and his travels through Europe, Russia, and North Africa during the 1920s and 1930s. As a pioneering Black poet and "rebel sojourner," McKay offers a candid exposé of the Harlem Renaissance and the radical Left politics of the era. The narrative explores themes of racial identity, artistic integrity, and political consciousness, capturing the challenges of maintaining an authentic voice as a Black writer navigating early twentieth-century America's literary world and racial tensions.
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| Reading Level |
Reading ease score: 71.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
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| Language |
English |
| LoC Class |
PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
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| Subject |
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography
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| Subject |
McKay, Claude, 1890-1948
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| Subject |
Authors, Jamaican -- 20th century -- Biography
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| Subject |
Jamaican Americans -- Intellectual life
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| Subject |
African American authors -- Biography
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| Subject |
Jamaican Americans -- Biography
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| Category |
Text |
| EBook-No. |
71744 |
| Release Date |
Sep 27, 2023 |
| Copyright Status |
Public domain in the USA. |
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