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Home Before Dark A Biographical Memoir of John Cheever By His Daughter
by Cheever, Susan
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Price Cl\'d, Edge Tears
- ISBN 10
- 0395352975
- ISBN 13
- 9780395352977
- Seller
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Wilson, Wisconsin, United States
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Synopsis
Langston Hughes was born in Joplin, Missouri, in 1902. After graduation from high school, he spent a year in Mexico with his father, then a year studying at Columbia University. In 1925, he was awarded the First Prize for Poetry of the magazine Opportunity , the winning poem being "The Weary Blues," which gave its title to the current volume. From 1926 until his death in 1967, Langston Hughes devoted his time to writing and lecturing. In addition to poetry, he wrote, short stories, autobiography, song lyrics, essays, humor, and plays. His work is available in multiple editions and languages and is beloved by readers around the world.
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- Bookseller
- Virtuous Volumes et al.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004423
- Title
- Home Before Dark A Biographical Memoir of John Cheever By His Daughter
- Author
- Cheever, Susan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Price Cl\'d, Edge Tears
- Edition
- 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0395352975
- ISBN 13
- 9780395352977
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Co.
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1984
- Keywords
- Cheever, John Biography Novelists American 20th Century Cheever, Susan Daughters
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biographies and Autobiographies;
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