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      Lonely Crusade

      by Chester Himes
      Published
      Sep 1997
      Main Genre
      Literary Literary
      Pages
      398
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      A classic of African-American fiction, Chester Himes's tale of a young black man who becomes a union organizer during WWII examines major problems in American life: racism, anti-Semitism, labor strife, and corruption.

      "Mr. Himes undertakes to consider the everpresent subconscious terror of the black man, the political morality of American Communists, the psychology of union politics, Uncle Tomism, and the relationship between Jews and Blacks. The value of this book lies in its effort to understand the psychology of oppressed and oppressor and their relationship to each other."--James Baldwin

      "A better story about a young black man who become a union organizer at a west coast airplane factory during World War II. The tragedy of this particular man is a psychological one, a growing despair over being black which hamstrings him in every human relationship."--The New Yorker

      "Mr. Himes can write with power and effectiveness."--New York Times

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      General Fiction

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      Hard-Boiled Historical Literary

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      Feb 1993 Avalon Publishing Group ISBN 0938410377
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      Sep 1997 Da Capo Press ISBN 1560251425
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      Jan 1947 Chatham Bookseller ISBN 0911860355
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