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Simple's Uncle Sam


<p>Langston Hughes's most beloved character comes back to life in this extraordinary collection</p> <p>Langston Hughes is best known as a poet, but he was also a prolific writer of theater, autobiography, and fiction. None of his creations won the hearts and minds of his readers as did Jesse B. Semple, better known as "Simple." Simple speaks as an Everyman for African Americans in Uncle Sam's America. With great wit, he expounds on topics as varied as women, Gospel music, and sports heroes—but always keeps one foot planted in the realm of politics and race. In recent years, readers have been able to appreciate Simple's situational humor as well as his poignant questions about social injustice in <i>The Best of Simple</i> and <i>The Return of Simple</i>. Now they can, once again, enjoy the last of Hughes's original Simple books.</p>

Author(s): Langston Hughes  

ISBN 10: 088411709X
ISBN 13: 9780884117094
Pages: 180
Format: Hardcover
Publication: 6/28/1940
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Other books by Langston Hughes

1. A pictorial history of Blackamericans Applicable (1973)
2. African American History Four Centuries of Black Life Paperback (1990)
3. Autobiography: I Wonder as I Wander (The Collected Works of Langston Hughes), Vol. 14 Hardcover (February 2003)
4. Autobiography: The Big Sea (The Collected Works of Langston Hughes), Vol. 13 Hardcover (September 2002)
5. Best of Simple Hardcover (June 2013)
6. Best Short Stories by Black Writers, 1899 to 1967: The Classic Anthology Paperback (February 1969)
7. Black Misery (January 2001)
8. Black Nativity Paperback (1992/12/01 )
9. Carol of the brown king Hardcover (1998/10/01)
10. Dream Keeper and Other Poems Prebound (1996)
11. Essays on Art, Race, Politics, and World Affairs (The Collected Works of Langston Hughes), Vol. 9 Hardcover (May 2002)
12. Famous Negro Heroes of America (1958/02/01)
13. Famous Negro Music Makers Hardcover (1955)
14. Fight for Freedom Hardcover (May 2011)
15. Fight for Freedom Paperback (October 2011)
16. Fight for Freedom and Other Writings on Civil Rights (The Collected Works of Langston Hughes), Vol. 10 Hardcover (September 2001)
17. Five Plays Paperback (January 1963)
18. Good Morning, Revolution Uncollected Writings of Social Protest Paperback (1981/02/01)
19. Gospel Plays, Operas, and Later Dramatic Works (The Collected Works of Langston Hughes), Vol. 6 Hardcover (June 2003)
20. I Wonder As I Wander Hardcover (1974/06/01)

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