The Several Lives of Chester Himes

Table of contents

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• Title Page iii
• Contents vii
• Preface ix
• Acknowledgments xiii
• 1 - Genealogy 3
• 2 - The South 8
• 3 - Adolescence 17
• 4 - Ohio State 23
• 5 - The Prison Years 31
• 6 - Free at Last 39
• 7 - Arrivals And Departures 51
• 8 - Interim 78
• 9 - Celebrity 90
• 10 - Three Women 112
• 11 - Lesley 131
• 12 - Spain 145

• Title Page iii
• Contents vii
• Preface ix
• Acknowledgments xiii
• 1 - Genealogy 3
• 2 - The South 8
• 3 - Adolescence 17
• 4 - Ohio State 23
• 5 - The Prison Years 31
• 6 - Free at Last 39
• 7 - Arrivals And Departures 51
• 8 - Interim 78
• 9 - Celebrity 90
• 10 - Three Women 112
• 11 - Lesley 131
• 12 - Spain 145
• 13 - What Did I Do? 164
• Notes 177
• Chronological List Of the Works Of Chester Himes 195
• Index 199