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9781154504996 | Textstream, May 5, 2010, cover price $14.08
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Determined to escape the poverty of public assistance, Essie Belle Johnson and Laura Reed, neighbors living in adjoining tenement apartments, are inspired to start a church in the heart of 1950s Harlem, using Laura's talents for the limelight and Essie's charismatic singing to establish the Tambourine Temple. Reprint. 10,000 first printing.
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9780767923279 | Reprint edition (Broadway Books, September 12, 2006), cover price $11.00 | About this edition: Determined to escape the poverty of public assistance, Essie Belle Johnson and Laura Reed, neighbors living in adjoining tenement apartments, are inspired to start a church in the heart of 1950s Harlem, using Laura's talents for the limelight and Essie's charismatic singing to establish the Tambourine Temple.
Miscellaneous:
9780307498212 | Broadway Books, March 3, 2010, cover price $9.95
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Product Description: The appearance in 1926 of Langston Hughes's first volume of poems, The Weary Blues, announced the arrival on the American literary scene not only of a new voice and tone, but also of a new sort of voice. Close to the rhythms of Negro speech and song, these apparently artless verses -- which, of course, in reality proclaim a poet of sophistication and keen sensibility -- brought to many readers throughout the English-speaking world a new enjoyment of the multifarious voices of Harlem and the other places where Negroes live in large numbers...read more
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9780394404387 | Random House Inc, June 1, 1959, cover price $26.95 | About this edition: The appearance in 1926 of Langston Hughes's first volume of poems, The Weary Blues, announced the arrival on the American literary scene not only of a new voice and tone, but also of a new sort of voice.
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9780679728184 | Reissue edition (Vintage Books, September 1, 1990), cover price $15.00 | About this edition: A collection of the author's favorite poetry from published books, private publications, and unpublished manuscripts
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9780606209038 | Demco Media, February 1, 2002, cover price $23.40 | About this edition: A collection of the author's favorite poetry from published books, private publications, and unpublished manuscripts
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9781442005747 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, April 9, 2009), cover price $22.95 | About this edition: The appearance in 1926 of Langston Hughes's first volume of poems, The Weary Blues, announced the arrival on the American literary scene not only of a new voice and tone, but also of a new sort of voice.
9780808509264 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $26.95 | About this edition: A collection of the author's favorite poetry from published books, private publications, and unpublished manuscripts
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Product Description: "The ultimate book for both the dabbler and serious scholar--. [Hughes] is sumptuous and sharp, playful and sparse, grounded in an earthy music--. This book is a glorious revelation."--Boston GlobeSpanning five decades and comprising 868 poems (nearly 300 of which have never before appeared in book form), this magnificent volume is the definitive sampling of a writer who has been called the poet laureate of African America--and perhaps our greatest popular poet since Walt Whitman...read more
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9781439571736 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, November 5, 2008), cover price $28.95 | also contains The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes | About this edition: "The ultimate book for both the dabbler and serious scholar--.
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Product Description: Introduction by Arnold Rampersad.Langston Hughes, born in 1902, came of age early in the 1920s. In The Big Sea he recounts those memorable years in the two great playgrounds of the decade--Harlem and Paris. In Paris he was a cook and waiter in nightclubs...read more
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9780809015498 | Reissue edition (Hill & Wang Pub, August 1, 1993), cover price $17.00 | About this edition: The Black writer recalls his early years spent in Paris and Harlem of the Twenties
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9781439505076 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, June 26, 2008), cover price $25.00 | About this edition: Introduction by Arnold Rampersad.
9781417616794, titled "Big Sea: An Autobiography" | Turtleback Books, August 1, 1993, cover price $28.20 | About this edition: The Black writer recalls his early years spent in Paris and Harlem of the Twenties
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The American author recalls and reflects on the people and places he encountered in his world travels during the 1930's
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9780809015504 | Reissue edition (Hill & Wang Pub, August 1, 1993), cover price $18.00 | About this edition: The American author recalls and reflects on the people and places he encountered in his world travels during the 1930's
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9781439509166 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, June 26, 2008), cover price $26.00
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9780848810559 | Amereon Ltd, July 1, 1976, cover price $25.95 | About this edition: Langston Hughes was one of the best-known poets in modern America and his first novel, "Not Without Laughter, " is undoubtedly his finest prose.
9780394438733 | Random House Inc, June 1, 1930, cover price $6.95 | About this edition: Langston Hughes was one of the best-known poets in modern America and his first novel, "Not Without Laughter, " is undoubtedly his finest prose.
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9780486454481 | Dover Pubns, April 4, 2008, cover price $4.50 | About this edition: A leading figure of the Harlem Renaissance, poet Hughes wrote only one novel — but it is an incredibly powerful and moving work.
9780862417680 | Payback Pr, March 1, 1995, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: This is the story of a young boy's awakening to the realities of black life in a Kansas town in the 1920s.
9780020209850 | Reprint edition (Touchstone Books, March 1, 1995), cover price $15.00 | About this edition: Depicts a Black family's attempts to deal with life in a small Kansas town
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9780606162593 | Demco Media, April 1, 1999, cover price $20.11 | About this edition: Depicts a Black family's attempts to deal with life in a small Kansas town
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9780679844211, titled "The Dream Keeper and Other Poems" | Anv edition (Alfred a Knopf Inc, November 13, 2007), cover price $16.99 | About this edition: A collection of sixty-six poems, selected by the author for young readers, including lyrical poems, songs, and blues, many exploring the Black experience
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9780679883470, titled "The Dream Keeper and Other Poems" | Alfred a Knopf Inc, December 1, 1996, cover price $8.99 | About this edition: Sixty-six poems selected by the author include lyrical poems, songs, and blues, many exploring the Black experience
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9780679944218, titled "The Dream Keeper and Other Poems" | Anv edition (Alfred a Knopf Inc, November 13, 2007), cover price $19.99 | About this edition: A collection of sixty-six poems, selected by the author for young readers, including lyrical poems, songs, and blues, many exploring the Black experience
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9780606107921, titled "The Dream Keeper and Other Poems" | Demco Media, December 1, 1996, cover price $18.04 | About this edition: Sixty-six poems selected by the author include lyrical poems, songs, and blues, many exploring the Black experience
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9780613497275 | Turtleback Books, March 1, 1996, cover price $19.65 | About this edition: Sixty-six poems selected by the author include lyrical poems, songs, and blues, many exploring the Black experience
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9781602528017 | Unabridged edition (Findaway World Llc, October 1, 2007), cover price $34.99
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9781602523012 | Unabridged edition (Findaway World Llc, October 1, 2007), cover price $29.99
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A selection of the author's favorite stories chosen from three of his books: 'Simple Speaks his Mind,' 'Simple Takes a Wife,' and 'Simple Stakes a Claim.'
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9780404199364, titled "Best of Simple" | Ams Pr Inc, July 30, 2012, cover price $29.00 | About this edition: A selection of the author's favorite stories chosen from three of his books: 'Simple Speaks his Mind,' 'Simple Takes a Wife,' and 'Simple Stakes a Claim.
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9780374521332 | Hill & Wang Pub, June 1, 1988, cover price $15.00 | About this edition: Langston Hughes's stories about Jesse B.
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9780061336942 | Caedmon Audio Cassette, August 1, 2007, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Langston Hughes reads his poetry, along with his own commentary, in a collection that includes 'One Way Ticket,' 'The Negro Speaks of Rivers,' and 'Ku Klux Klan.
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9781432513542 | Kessinger Pub Co, March 30, 2007, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages.
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An addition to a poetry series looks at one of the central figures in the Harlem Renaissance, offering a biography of Langston Hughes and many annotated samples of his work.
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9781402718458 | Sterling Pub Co Inc, April 28, 2006, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: A brief profile of African American poet Langston Hughes accompanies some of his better known poems for children.
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9781599750132 | Right on Rhythm Inc, December 25, 2005, cover price $18.99 | About this edition: Presents a selection of eleven stories featuring Langston Hughes' Jesse B.
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9780807615508 | George Braziller, December 30, 2004, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: A newly-illustrated edition of the classic poem, used extensively by John Kerry is his Presidential campaign.
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9781400095193 | Vintage Books, August 1, 2004, cover price $6.50 | About this edition: A Vintage Original“I believe in an America in which opportunity and justice truly are for all.
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9781400034024 | Vintage Books, January 1, 2004, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: A definitive selection of work by the African-American poet and author features 'The Negro Speaks of Rivers,' 'The Weary Blues,' 'America,' 'Let America Be American Again,' 'Dream Variations,' and 'UnAmerican Investigators.
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Twenty-six short poems introduce animals for each letter of the alphabet, from Ape to Zebra.
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9780195091854 | Oxford Univ Pr, December 15, 1994, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: Twenty-six short poems about animals, one for each letter of the alphabet, illustrated by schoolchildren
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9780195120301 | Reprint edition (Oxford Univ Pr, November 20, 1997), cover price $9.95 | About this edition: Twenty-six short poems about animals, one for each letter of the alphabet, illustrated by schoolchildren
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9780606291644, titled "Sweet and Sour Animal Book" | Demco Media, September 1, 2003, cover price $19.15 | About this edition: Twenty-six short poems about animals, one for each letter of the alphabet, illustrated by schoolchildren
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9780613062770 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $20.80 | About this edition: Twenty-six short poems about animals, one for each letter of the alphabet, illustrated by schoolchildren
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9780826214348 | Univ of Missouri Pr, February 1, 2003, cover price $44.95 | About this edition: I Wonder As I Wander (1956), Hughes's second volume of autobiography, is a continuation from The Big Sea, detailing his global travels to such areas as Cuba, Haiti, Paris, the Soviet Union, and the Far East.
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9780060535278 | Harperaudio, February 1, 2003, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: A collection of the works of African American authors and poets recorded during the 1950s and 1960s includes selections from Zora Neal Hurston's 'Their Eyes Were Watching God,' Lorraine Hansberry's 'A Raisin in the Sun,' Richard Wright's 'Black Boy,' andthe poetry of Nikki Giovanni and Langston Hughes.
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Uses humor and satire to reflect the feelings and experiences of Black children growing up during the turbulent 1960s
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9780195091144 | Oxford Univ Pr, July 21, 1994, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Uses humor and satire to reflect the feelings and experiences of Black children growing up during the turbulent 1960s
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9780195142983 | Oxford Univ Pr, January 4, 2001, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: Uses humor and satire to reflect the feelings and experiences of Black children growing up during the turbulent 1960s
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9780606205726 | Demco Media, February 1, 2002, cover price $16.90 | About this edition: Uses humor and satire to reflect the feelings and experiences of Black children growing up during the turbulent 1960s
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9780826213723 | Univ of Missouri Pr, November 1, 2001, cover price $39.95 | About this edition: The twelfth volume of The Collected Works of Langston Hughes contains Hughes's collections of biographies for children and young adults—Famous American Negroes, Famous Negro Music Makers, and Famous Negro Heroes of America—gathered together for the first time.
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9780826213419 | Univ of Missouri Pr, June 1, 2001, cover price $39.95 | About this edition: Volume 3 collects the poems of the last period of Hughes's life.
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9780826213426 | Univ of Missouri Pr, June 1, 2001, cover price $39.95 | About this edition: Although best known as a poet, Langston Hughes was also the author of two novels that richly evoke the black experience in America.
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