Home to Harlem: [with new] foreword by Wayne F. Cooper PDF
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HOME TO HARLEM Other titles in The Northeastern Library of Black Literature edited by Richard Yarborough LLOYD L. BROWN / Iron City STERLING A. BROWN / A Son's Return: Selected Essays WILLIAM DEMBY / The Catacombs JESSIE REDMON FAUSET / The Chinaberry Tree There Is Confusion ANDREA LEE / Sarah Phillips CLARENCE MAJOR / All-Night Visitors JULIAN MAYFIELD / The Hit and The Long Night J. SAUNDERS REDDING / Stranger and Alone GEORGE S. SCHUYLER / Black Empire Black No More Ethiopian Stories ANN ALLEN SHOCKLEY / Loving Her WALLACE THURMAN / Infants of the Spring JOHN A. WILLIAMS / Sons of Darkness, Sons of Light RICHARD WRIGHT / Lawd Today! The Long Dream Home to Harlem mmmHmmmtmmtmmtftm by CLAUDE MCKAY Foreword by WAYNE F. COOPER NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY PRESS Boston Published by University Press of New England Hanover and London NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY PRESS Published by University Press of New England, One Court Street, Lebanon, NH 03766 www.upne.com © 1928 by Harper & Brothers © 1987 by Hope McKay Virtue First published in 1928 by Harper & Brothers First Northeastern University Press edition 1987 Printed in the United States of America 13 14 15 ISBN-13: 978-1-55553-024-2 ISBN-10: 1-55553-024-9 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including storage and retrieval systems, without permis- sion in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer, who may quote brief passages in a review. Members of educational institutions and organizations wishing to pho- tocopy any of the work for classroom use, or authors and publishers who would like to obtain permission for any of the material in the work, should contact Permissions, University Press of New England, One Court Street, Lebanon, NH 03766. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data McKay, Claude, 1890-1948 Home to Harlem. Reprint. Originally published: New York : Harper, 1928. With new foreword. I. Title. PS3525.A24785H6 1987 813'.52 87-15357 ISBN 1-55553-023-0 (alk. paper) ISBN 1-55553-024-9 (pbk.: alk. paper) TO MY FRIEND LOUISE BRYANT CONTENTS FOREWORD IX FIRST PART I GOING BACK HOME 1 II ARRIVAL 10 III ZEDDY 17 IV CONGO ROSE 28 V ON THE JOB AGAIN 41 VI MYRTLE AVENUE 55 VII ZEDDY'S RISE AND FALL 75 VIII THE RAID OF THE BALTIMORE 102 IX JAKE MAKES A MOVE 112 SECOND PART X THE RAILROAD 123 XI SNOWSTORM IN PITTSBURGH 140 XII THE TREEING OF THE CHEF 160 XIII ONE NIGHT IN PHILLY 188 XIV INTERLUDE 204 XV RELAPSE 219 XVI A PRACTICAL PRANK 230 XVII HE ALSO LOVED 245 XVIII A FAREWELL FEED 263 THIRD PART XIX SPRING IN HARLEM 279 XX FELICE 300 XXI THE GIFT THAT BILLY GAVE 315
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