Notes of a Native Son

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ix, 175 pp. "Notes of a Native Son is a non-fiction book by James Baldwin. It was his first non-fiction book, and was published in 1955. The volume collects ten of Baldwin's essays , which had previously appeared in such magazines as Harper's Magazine, Partisan Review, and The New Leader. The essays mostly tackle issues of race in America and Europe.[1]" CONTENTS: Autobiographical Notes; Part I: Everybody's Protest Novel, Many Thousands Gone, Carmen Jones: The Dark is Light Enough; Part II: The Harlem Ghetto, Journey to Atlanta, Notes of a Native Son; Part III: Encounter on the Seine: Black Meets Brown, A Question of Identity, Equal in Paris, Stranger in the Village. Show more