Strivers Row (First Printing)

Baker, Kevin

ISBN 10: 0060195835 / ISBN 13: 9780060195830

Published by Harper, New York, NY, 2006

About this Item

6 X 1.28321 X 9 inches; 550 pages; minimal foxing on the top exterior edge of textblock. Small remainder mark on the bottom exterior edge of textblock. Very minor shelf creasing on DJ edges. Very slightly cocked spine. Very Good condition otherwise. No other noteworthy defects. No markings. DJ is not price-clipped. ; Your satisfaction is our priority. We offer free returns and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your item will be carefully cushioned in bubble wrap and securely boxed. All orders ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Strivers Row (First Printing)
• Publisher: Harper, New York, NY
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0060195835
• ISBN 13: 9780060195830
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition; First Printing.
• Condition: Very Good-
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-

About this title

Synopsis

The Rev. Jonah Dove is the son of a legendary Harlem minister, and a man troubled in both mind and spirit. He feels himself unworthy and incapable of taking up the burden of running his church from the larger–than–life figure who is his father. He is haunted both by his own, shameful history of "passing" as a white man in college, and by the prospects for his people in the harsh, new, racist age he fears the world is entering. Malcolm Little –– better known as Malcom X –– is a teenage hustler from Lansing, Michigan by way of Boston, a young man on the make, trying always to be something bigger, tougher, savvier, and more confident than he really is.

On his way to New York, Malcolm happens to come to the rescue of Jonah and his wife, Amanda, when they are attacked by some drunken soldiers on the train. From then on, their paths cross repeatedly as they each go about trying to find what they really want out of the roiling, wartime city, until the moment when Harlem finally erupts around them, as a people driven beyond endurance strikes out blindly at all the forces keeping it entrapped in misery and hopelessness. Stranded on the streets of a rioting city, Jonah and Malcolm meet each other once more, as they come to grips with what they are and what the future will hold for them.

About the Author

Kevin Baker is the bestselling author of the novels Dreamland, Paradise Alley, and Sometimes You See It Coming. He is a columnist for American Heritage magazine and a regular contributor to the New York Times, Harper's, and other periodicals. He lives in New York City with his wife, the writer Ellen Abrams, and their cat, Stella.