Juneteenth(1st Edition)

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Ralph Ellison ,Charles Johnson

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ISBN: 0593314611, 978-0593314616

Book publisher: Vintage

Book Price $0 : From The Author Of The Classic Novel Invisible Man, Ralph Ellison's Juneteenth Is a Powerful And Brilliantly Crafted Tale That Explores Themes Of Identity, Race, And Ambition."[A] Stunning Achievement. . . . Ellison Sought No Less Than To Create A Book Of Blackness, A Literary Composition Of The Tradition At Its Most Sublime And Fundamental."â??Henry Louis Gates, Jr., TimeThe Story Follows Adam Sunraider, A Race-baiting Senator, Whose Life Takes An Unexpected Turn When He Calls For Alonzo Hickman, An Old Black Minister, To Be By His Side As He Faces A Mortal Wound. As The Two Men Intimately Share Their Stories And Memories, The True Shape And Substance Of The Past Begin To Emerge. Here Is Ellison, A Virtuoso Of American Vernacularâ??the Preacherâ??s Hyperbole And The Politicianâ??s Rhetoric, The Rhythms Of Jazz And Gospel And Ordinary Speechâ??at The Height Of His Powers, Telling A Moving, Evocative Tale Of A Prodigal Of The Twentieth Century. With An Introduction And Additional Notes By John F. Callahan, Who First Compiled Juneteenth Out Of Thousands Of Manuscript Pages In 1999, And A Preface By National Book Award-winning Author Charles R. Johnson. â??Beautifully Written And Imaginatively Conceived, Juneteenth, Like Invisible Man, Deserves To Be Read And Reread By Generations.â? â??The Atlanta Journal-Constitution