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Go Tell It on the Mountain (Modern Library)
Go Tell It on the Mountain - Modern Library
Author: James Baldwin
"Mountain," Baldwin said, "is the book I had to write if I was ever going to write anything else." Go Tell It On The Mountain, first published in 1953, is Baldwin's first major work, a novel that has established itself as an American classic. With lyrical precision, psychological directness, resonating symbolic power, and a rage th...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780679601548
ISBN-10: 0679601546
Publication Date: 9/26/1995
Pages: 320
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Publisher: Modern Library
Book Type: Hardcover
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This beautifully written, semi-autobiographical story tells of a day in the life of a Pentacostal family in Harlem. In poetic prose, James Baldwin's young protagonist, who is "saved" on this day, shows us his Harlem, his family, and his church.


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