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James Baldwin: A Life in Four Acts: Volume 1: "Harlem's Son" (1924-1948)
Paperback
Series: Beyond the Veil: The Uncompromising Life of James Baldwin, Book 1
Publisher: Elc Publishing
Published: Nov 9 2025
Pages: 428
Weight: 1.09
Height: 0.87 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Before he became America's conscience, he was Harlem's son.
How does a boy born into poverty in 1924 Harlem-raised under the tyranny of a bitter stepfather, haunted by desires he dare not name-transform himself into one of the twentieth century's most fearless voices?
James Baldwin: A Life in Four Acts, Volume 1 takes you into the crucible years that forged a prophet. From the Pentecostal pulpit where fourteen-year-old Little Jimmy preached fire and brimstone, to the Greenwich Village streets where he discovered art, desire, and the impossibility of being fully himself in America, this is the story of a young man's desperate education.
Drawing on letters, rare interviews, and meticulous historical research, David G. Stone reveals the James Baldwin before Go Tell It on the Mountain-before The Fire Next Time-before the world knew his name. Here is Baldwin learning to survive his father's rage, discovering literature as salvation, wrestling with faith and sexuality, and ultimately making the choice that would define his life: exile.
This is the origin story of American literature's most uncompromising truth-teller.
Volume 1 of 4: The journey from Harlem's tenements to Paris's cafés-where the real work would begin.
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