Kingsblood Royal by Sinclair Lewis A neglected tour de force by the first American to win the Nobel Prize in literature, Kingsblood Royal is a stirring & wickedly funny portrait of a man who resigns from the white race. When Neil Kingsblood a typical middle-American banker with a comfortable life makes the shocking discovery that he has African-American blood, the odyssey that ensues creates an unforgettable portrayal of two Americas, one black, one white. As timely as when it was first published in 1947, one need only open ...
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Kingsblood Royal by Sinclair Lewis A neglected tour de force by the first American to win the Nobel Prize in literature, Kingsblood Royal is a stirring & wickedly funny portrait of a man who resigns from the white race. When Neil Kingsblood a typical middle-American banker with a comfortable life makes the shocking discovery that he has African-American blood, the odyssey that ensues creates an unforgettable portrayal of two Americas, one black, one white. As timely as when it was first published in 1947, one need only open today's newspaper to see the same issues passionately being discussed between blacks & whites that we find in Kingsblood Royal, says Charles Johnson. Perhaps only now can we fully appreciate Sinclair Lewis's astonishing achievement. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.
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Good. No dust jacket. front cover to p. 25 some water damage, discoloration, otherwise good condition, tightly bound &clean. Front cover to p. 25 some water damage, discoloration, otherwise good condition, tightly bound & clean.
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Very Good. No Dj. Book Octavo, Hardcover VG in beige boards with part of dj laid in. Book Club edition. A blazing story with a theme that will jolt the nations (in 1947). Lewis won Nobel Prize for literature. 348 pp. Dust jacket says "a blazing story with a theme that will jolt the nation! " Price intact on cover. Lewis's extensive research for his "race novel" began, like so many research experiments in the past, with an expedition through the South. He met with virulent segregationists and went door to door in black sections of southern towns asking what people wanted most out of life given their circumstances. After some months of this pattern of delving into the race issu in this country, he returned to Minnesota to work on his novel's plan. Once complete, he moved to Vermont and began in March of 1946 to write this book.
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