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Just above my head

Title
Just above my head / James Baldwin.
Author
Baldwin, James, 1924-1987
Publication
  • New York : Dial Press, [1979]
  • ©1979

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Book/TextUse in library Sc Rare E 23-1Schomburg Center - Research & Reference
Book/TextUse in library Sc E 80-49Schomburg Center - Research & Reference
Book/TextUse in library JFE 79-3881Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

Details

Additional Authors
Dial Press, publisher.
Description
597 pages; 24 cm
Summary
This sprawling drama traces the passage of three individuals through the events of the nineteen-fifties, sixties, and seventies from the Apollo in Harlem to the Olympia in Paris. Love and courage bind a former child evangelist, a famous gospel singer, and the latter's manager-brother.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Novels.
  • Fiction.
  • Dust jackets (Binding)
  • Gay fiction.
  • LGBTQ+ fiction.
Note
  • "Jacket design by Jack Ribik." --dust jacket.
Provenance (note)
  • Copy in Sc Rare E 23-1, is signed on the title page by the author.
Binding (note)
  • Maroon, green and cream typographic dust jacket; Bownd in full brown cloth over boards.
Contents
Book One. Have Mercy -- Book Two. Twelve Gates to the City -- Book Three. The Gospel Singer -- Book Four. Stepchild -- Book Five. The Gates of Hell.
Call Number
Sc Rare E 23-1
ISBN
  • 0803747772
  • 9780803747777
  • 0803748671
  • 9780803748675
  • 0385334567
  • 9780385334563
LCCN
79053577
OCLC
5170168
Author
Baldwin, James, 1924-1987, author.
Title
Just above my head / James Baldwin.
Publisher
New York : Dial Press, [1979]
Copyright Date
©1979
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Provenance
Copy in Sc Rare E 23-1, is signed on the title page by the author. NN
Binding
Maroon, green and cream typographic dust jacket; Bownd in full brown cloth over boards.
Chronological Term
1900-1999
Local Subject
Black author.
Added Author
Dial Press, publisher.
Research Call Number
Sc Rare E 23-1
Sc E 80-49
JFE 79-3881
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