{"product_id":"i-wonder-as-i-wander-an-autobiographical-journey-paperback","title":"I Wonder as I Wander: An Autobiographical Journey - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLangston Hughes\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eArnold Rampersad\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eI Wonder as I Wander\u003c\/i\u003e, Langston Hughes vividly recalls the most dramatic and intimate moments of his life in the turbulent 1930s. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHis wanderlust leads him to Cuba, Haiti, Russia, Soviet Central Asia, Japan, Spain (during its Civil War), through dictatorships, wars, revolutions. He meets and brings to life the famous and the humble, from Arthur Koestler to Emma, the Black Mammy of Moscow. It is the continuously amusing, wise revelation of an American writer journeying around the often strange and always exciting world he loves.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn I Wonder as I Wander, Langston Hughes vividly recalls the most dramatic and intimate moments of his life in the turbulent 1930s. His wanderlust leads him to Cuba, Haiti, Russia, Soviet Central Asia, Japan, Spain (during its Civil War), through dictatorships, wars, revolutions. He meets and brings to life the famous and the humble, from Arthur Koestler to Emma, the Black Mammy of Moscow. It is the continuously amusing, wise revelation of an American writer journeying around the often strange and always exciting world he loves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLangston Hughes\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Joplin, Missouri, went to Cleveland, Ohio, lived for a number of years in Chicago, and long resided in New York City's Harlem. He graduated from Lincoln University in 1929 and was awarded an honorary Litt. D. in 1943. He was perhaps best known as a poet and the creator of Simple, but he also wrote novels, biography, history, plays (several of them Broadway hits), and children's books, and he edited several anthologies. Mr. Hughes died in 1967. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eArnold Rampersad\u003c\/b\u003e, author of the widely acclaimed biography \u003ci\u003eThe Life of Langston Hughes\u003c\/i\u003e, is Woodrow Wilson Professor of Literature and director of American Studies at Princeton University.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.06 x 8.12 x 5.48 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 1993\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52445625254195,"sku":"9780809015504","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/YTlxbGNUM1hRdmhieXA3ZnpZNUNHZz09.webp?v=1758967104","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/i-wonder-as-i-wander-an-autobiographical-journey-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}