Amazon cover image
Image from Amazon.com
Image from Google Jackets

Go tell it on the mountain / James Baldwin

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, Dial Press, 1963 [c1953]Description: 253 p. 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780440330073
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 813.54   19
Contents:
1. Introduction “I was born in church” 2. Historical Background - Pentecostalism and the ‘Negro’ Church 3. Various Connections to Christian Religion Overview The Title The Motto Part One Part Two Florence’s Prayer Gabriel's Prayer Elisabeth’s Prayer Part Three 4. Conclusion Annex References
Abstract: James Arthur Baldwin was born to Emma Berdis Jones and an unknown father on August 2, 1924, in New York City. The fact that he did not know about the identity of his biological father haunted him all his life. Who was to become Baldwin’s stepfather was a laborer and Pentecostal preacher who came - as part of the Great Migration - to New York in 1919 “seeking better social conditions and economic opportunities.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books Main library General Stacks 813.54 / BA.G 1953 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 001656
Browsing Main library shelves, Shelving location: General Stacks Close shelf browser (Hides shelf browser)
813.54 / AL. W 1983 Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf : 813.54 / AL.B 2001 Bloodroot / 813.54 / BA.F 2009 First family / 813.54 / BA.G 1953 Go tell it on the mountain / 813.54 / BA.I 1977 Illusions : 813.54 BE.C / 2006 Capitol murder : 813.54 / BE.D 2005 Dark eye :

1. Introduction “I was born in church” 2. Historical Background - Pentecostalism and the ‘Negro’ Church 3. Various Connections to Christian Religion Overview The Title The Motto Part One Part Two Florence’s Prayer Gabriel's Prayer Elisabeth’s Prayer Part Three 4. Conclusion Annex References

James Arthur Baldwin was born to Emma Berdis Jones and an unknown father on August 2, 1924, in New York City. The fact that he did not know about the identity of his biological father haunted him all his life. Who was to become Baldwin’s stepfather was a laborer and Pentecostal preacher who came - as part of the Great Migration - to New York in 1919 “seeking better social conditions and economic opportunities.

1

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.