Strivers Row (Signed First Edition)

Kevin Baker

ISBN 10: 0060195835 / ISBN 13: 9780060195830

Published by Harper, New York, 2005

About this Item

New York: Harper [2005]. First edition. First printing. Hardbound. Very fine/very fine in all respects, a pristine unread copy, never opened except for signing. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page (his name only). Comes with protective mylar dust jacket cover. Smoke-free. Shipped in well padded box. C1-3.

Seller Inventory # CASE1-709

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Strivers Row (Signed First Edition)
• Publisher: Harper, New York
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0060195835
• ISBN 13: 9780060195830
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: New
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Signed First Editions

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.