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Queenie : godmother of Harlem
- Title
- Queenie : godmother of Harlem / Elizabeth Colomba, Aurélie Levy.
- Author
- Colomba, Elizabeth
- Publication
- New York : Abrams ComicArts Megascope, 2023.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | PN6747.C565 Q4413 2023 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Lévy, Aurélie
- Description
- 155 pages : illustrations, map; 22 cm.
- Summary
- "Queenie follows the life of Stephanie Saint-Clair-the infamous criminal who made herself a legend in Harlem in the 1930s. Born on a plantation in the French colony of Martinique, Saint-Clair left the island in 1912 and found success in New York, rising up through poverty and battling extreme racism to become the ruthless queen of Harlem's mafia and a fierce defender of the Black community. A racketeer and a bootlegger, Saint-Clair dedicated her wealth and compassion to the struggling masses of Harlem, giving loans and paying debts to those around her. But with Prohibition ending, and under threat by Italian mobsters seeking to take control of her operation, she launched a merciless war to save her territory and her skin. Author Aurelie Levy and co-writer and illustrator Elizabeth Colomba's meticulous details-in both story and art-bring Saint-Clair's story to life in a tense narrative, against a sometimes bloody backdrop of jazz and voodoo. The story tackles the themes of colonization, corruption, police violence, and racial identity, but above all, Queenie celebrates the genius of a woman forgotten by history"--
- Uniform Title
- Queenie. English
- Alternative Title
- Queenie.
- Subject
- St. Clair, Stephanie, 1897-1969 > Comic books, strips, etc
- St. Clair, Stephanie, 1897-1969
- 1900-1999
- African American criminals > Comic books, strips, etc
- African American women > Comic books, strips, etc
- Female gang members > New York (State) > New York > Comic books, strips, etc
- Organized crime > New York (State) > New York > Comic books, strips, etc
- Nineteen twenties > Comic books, strips, etc
- African American criminals
- African American women
- Harlem (New York, N.Y.) > History > 20th century > Comic books, strips, etc
- New York (State) > New York > Harlem
- Genre/Form
- Comics (Graphic works)
- Historical comics.
- Biographical comics.
- Biographical fiction.
- Historical fiction.
- History.
- Graphic novels.
- Note
- "Originally published in French in 2021 by Anne Carrière, under the title Queenie, la marraine de Harlem."--Title page verso.
- Map on lining papers.
- Language (note)
- In English; translated from the French.
- ISBN
- 9781419757747
- 1419757741
- LCCN
- 2022932927
- OCLC
- on1351680225
- SCSB-14690075
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library