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050 00 $aZ989.B595$bA3 1998
082 4 $a002.075
049 $aMAIN
100 1 $aBlockson, Charles L.
245 10 $aDamn rare :$bthe memoirs of an African-American bibliophile /$cby Charles L. Blockson.
260 $aTracy, Calif. :$bQuantum Leap Publisher,$c©1998.
300 $axviii, 334 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $a"A selection of rare books and pamphlets in 'Damn rare'": pages 319-325.
500 $aIncludes index.
505 0 $aFamily and genealogy. I was born under a searching star -- The house of Blockson : black and white -- Deep are my roots in the Eastern shore -- My visit to Sewickley -- My parents -- Family recollections -- My daughter Noelle : love, children and other stories -- Music of some highly musical people -- W.E.B. DuBois and my family -- Chestnut Street Hollow and other family -- Recollections -- School days -- The work and its origin. My college years in retrospect -- Army days and beyond -- Marriage, women, and work : the struggle to balance -- Writing : the unexpected passion -- The travels. My wanderings through the ancient past : Africa and the holy land -- Of diplomacy, bibliophilia, and Christophe : adventures in the Caribbean, Brazil, and beyond -- Photographs -- Black Paris : the African Americans in Europe -- Writers conference -- I found hospitality in Natchez -- The people. People and places : some sketches and portraits -- Paul Robeson : my lifetime hero -- The books : wherein lies the madness. Bibliophiles and collectors of African Americana -- Passing the baton : collectors in my time -- The bookseller : impressions and confessions -- Black erotica and other promiscuous pieces -- Hope and dignity. Setting the record straight -- The Ann Landers incident : ?In the name of Jocko? -- The African-American Museum : twenty years of reflections -- Why I donated my collection to Temple University -- The first shall be last and the last shall be first.
520 $aBeyond a memoir, the author provides an authoritative portrait of an African-American man growing up in America. Nearly every aspect of African-American life is covered. Readers will come to know major personalities in his life: W.E.B. DuBois, Paul Robeson, Marian Anderson, Lessing J. Rosenwald, Jackie Robinson, Malcolm X, Alex Haley, Alice Walker, etc. Unusual aspects of black culture, like playing the numbers and following superstitions, are also discussed.
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600 10 $aBlockson, Charles L.
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650 0 $aBook collectors$vBiography.
650 0 $aAfrican American book collectors$vBiography.
650 0 $aAfrican Americans$vBibliography.
650 0 $aHistorians$vBiography.
650 0 $aAfrican American historians$vBiography.
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650 7 $aAfrican Americans.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00799558
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655 7 $aBibliographies.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01919895
655 7 $aBibliography.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01423717
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655 4 $aBiography.
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776 08 $iOnline version:$aBlockson, Charles L.$tDamn rare.$dTracy, Calif. : Quantum Leap Publisher, ©1998$w(OCoLC)651835624
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