03475cam a2200397 4500 233422966 TxAuBib 20150605120000.0 ||||||s2011||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780307796868 0307796868 B0054KML0S Amazon 716aab41-da87-4ba0-ad3f-7ddd2411b005 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 87822 590084 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Johnson, James Weldon. The Essential Writings of James Weldon Johnson [Libby eBook]. Random House Publishing Group, 2011. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 1984kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. HTML:<p>"A canonical collection, splendidly and sensitively edited by Rudolph Byrd."<br /> --Henry Louis Gates, Jr.<br /> <br /> One of the leading voices of the Harlem Resaissance and a crucial literary figure of his time, James Weldon Johnson was also an editor, songwriter, founding member and leader of the NAACP, and the first African American to hold a diplomatic post as consul to Venezuela and Nicaragua. This comprehensive volume of Johnson's works includes the seminal novel <i>Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man</i>, poems from <i>God's Trombones</i>, essays on cultural and political topics, selections from Johnson's autobiography, <i>Along This Way</i>, and two previously unpublished short plays: <i>Do You Believe in Ghosts?</i> and <i>The Engineer</i>. Featuring a chronology, bibliography, and a Foreword by acclaimed author Charles Johnson, this Modern Library edition showcases the tremendous range of James Weldon Johnson's writings and their considerable influence on American civic and cultural life.<br /> <br /> "This collection of poetry, fiction, criticism, autobiography, political writing and two unpublished plays by James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) spans 60 years of pure triumph over adversity. [....Johnson's] nobility, his inspiration shine forth from these pages, setting moral and artistic standards." <b>--<i>Los Angeles Times</i></b><br /> <br /> <i>From the Trade Paperback edition.</i></p>. Literary Criticism. Nonfiction. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2015-08-05 20:00:03. Byrd, Rudolph. Johnson, Charles. http://camellia.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=716aab41-da87-4ba0-ad3f-7ddd2411b005 http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0111-1/716/AAB/41/EssentialWritingsofJamesWeldonJohnson9780307796868.epub Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=716AAB41-DA87-4BA0-AD3F-7DDD2411B005&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0111-1/716/AAB/41/EssentialWritingsofJamesWeldonJohnson9780307796868.epub Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=716AAB41-DA87-4BA0-AD3F-7DDD2411B005&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0111-1/716/AAB/41/EssentialWritingsofJamesWeldonJohnson9780307796868.epub Excerpt (OverDrive Read) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=716AAB41-DA87-4BA0-AD3F-7DDD2411B005&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)