James Baldwin
- ISBN-10
- 079102301X
- ISBN-13
- 9780791023013
- Series
- James Baldwin
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography / General
- Pages
- 143
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1994
- Publisher
- Chelsea House
- Author
- Randall Kenan
Description
Describes the life of the writer James Baldwin, focusing on his experiences as an African-American civil rights worker and as a gay man.
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