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Not without laughter / by Langston Hughes.

1930

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This is a moving portrait of African-American family life in 1930s Kansas, following young Sandy Rogers as he comes of age. Sandy's mother, Annjee, works as a housekeeper for a rich white family, while his father traverses the country in search of work.
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A curated selection of books entering the public domain starting in the year 2020 (or those published in 1924) that have been chosen by the librarians in the Special Collections Department at Princeton’s Firestone Library. All of these books were important milestones in literature, although only two each year have been recognized as canonical within a North American literary landscape. The others celebrate the narratives of women, Queer, and/or people of color to challenge and expand notions of the canon.
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Call Number
3792.5.368
N-006280
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Publisher
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1930.
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Author
Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967
Language
English
Subject
African American boys—Fiction
City and town life—Fiction
Kansas—Fiction
Rich people—Fiction
Families—Fiction
Household employees—Fiction
Unemployed—Fiction
American fiction—20th century
Harlem Renaissance
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