Long Way From Home
Long Way From Home by Claude McKay is a First Edition autobiography published by Ecco on March 25, 1970. This 380-page book presents a narrative chronicling McKay’s journey from Jamaica to New York City, as well as his experiences across Europe, North Africa, and Russia. The work reflects on his life as a prominent figure of the Harlem Renaissance and a key voice in the New Negro movement following World War I.
Readers will find a detailed account of McKay’s interactions with influential figures such as W.E.B. Dubois, George Bernard Shaw, and Trotsky, among others. The narrative explores themes of Black Pride, self-determination, and the importance of defining Black culture, all of which resonate with the socio-political landscape of the 1960s. Through his travels and encounters, McKay articulates the complexities of identity and culture, making this autobiography a significant contribution to the understanding of the era’s artistic and political movements.
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From one of the most significant figures of the Harlem Renaissance comes a narrative defining book chronicling his life from Jamaica to New York City
Claude McKay’s long odyssey from Jamaica to Harlem, Europe, North Africa, Russia, and back to America is chronicled in this autobiography of the most militant writers to emerge from the New Negro movement following World War I. Whether in the intellectual circles of Harlem and Greenwich Village, the docks of Marseilles, or the inner circles of post-revolutionary Russia, McKay’s contact with such figures as Frank Harris, Max Eastman, George Bernard Shaw, W.E.B Dubois, James Weldon Johnson, Charles Chaplin, H.G Wells, Sinclair Lewis, Trotsky, and Radek all served to advance those views which would be so widely accepted in the 1960—Black Pride, self-determination, and the necessity for Black culture to define itself.
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