{"product_id":"the-big-sea-an-autobiography-paperback","title":"The Big Sea: An Autobiography - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLangston Hughes\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eArnold Rampersad\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction by Arnold Rampersad. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLangston Hughes, born in 1902, came of age early in the 1920s. In \u003ci\u003eThe Big Sea\u003c\/i\u003e he recounts those memorable years in the two great playgrounds of the decade--Harlem and Paris. In Paris he was a cook and waiter in nightclubs. He knew the musicians and dancers, the drunks and dope fiends. In Harlem he was a rising young poet--at the center of the \"Harlem Renaissance.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eArnold Rampersad writes in his incisive new introduction to \u003ci\u003eThe Big Sea\u003c\/i\u003e, an American classic: \"This is American writing at its best--simpler than Hemingway; as simple and direct as that of another Missouri-born writer...Mark Twain.\"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLangston Hughes\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Joplin, Missouri, went to Cleveland, Ohio, lived for a number of years in Chicago, and long resided in New York City's Harlem. He graduated from Lincoln University in 1929 and was awarded an honorary Litt. D. in 1943. He was perhaps best known as a poet and the creator of Simple, but he also wrote novels, biography, history, plays (several of them Broadway hits), and children's books, and he edited several anthologies. Mr. Hughes died in 1967. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eArnold Rampersad\u003c\/b\u003e, author of the widely acclaimed biography \u003ci\u003eThe Life of Langston Hughes\u003c\/i\u003e, is Woodrow Wilson Professor of Literature and director of American Studies at Princeton University.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 7.9 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 1993\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53337006309741,"sku":"9780809015498","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1001\/0823\/9213\/files\/VlpEZTQ2dFg2T1hNcWFCb2hZQTExZz09.webp?v=1778922850","url":"https:\/\/cleanfreaklab.myshopify.com\/products\/the-big-sea-an-autobiography-paperback","provider":"Clean Freak Lab","version":"1.0","type":"link"}