
Price: $100.00
Quantity: 1 available
Book Condition: Near Fine
This is a limited edition (249 copies), miniature book of poems by Frank Marshall Davis. This copy is as new except for the ghost of an old price on the 2nd free endpaper by a former owner/dealer. This book was the last that Davis published during his life. He had been a journalist in Atlanta and Chicago, a union organizer and a Civil Rights activist as well as a poet. He lived for many years in Hawaii and was a friend of Barack Obama's maternal grandfather. In Dreams of my Father, Obama recalled warm memories of Davis. The book measure 2 3/4" by 2 1/4". ; Gilt Design on Front; Miniature Less than 3" tall; Unpaginated pages
Title: Awakening and Other Poems
Categories: African - American,
Edition: Limited Edition
Publisher: Skokie, The Black Cat Press: 1978
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Near Fine
Seller ID: 16657
Keywords: African - American Black Negro Poetry Miniature Books