The Ways of White Folks First Edition Third Printing 1944 Signed and Inscribed to R A Hester
Language: English
Published by Alfred A Knopf, New York, 1944
- First Edition
- Hardcover
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SIgned and Inscribed to R A Hester on April 27 1945 days before the end of World War II- Richard Arthur Hester, African-American fraternal leader, Hester devoted much of his life to service with the Knights of Pythias, a national fraternal organization. About 1908 he went to work for the order, and in 1940 he was elected grand chancellor for the Grand Lodge of Texas. The family may have moved to Dallas by this time. As grand chancellor, Hester was instrumental in the construction of a two-story office building to serve as an administrative center for the organization in Dallas. He also helped found the Knights of Pythias Federal Credit Union. In 1947 Hester was elected supreme chancellor of the Knights of Pythias of North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia, an office he held until his death. After Hester’s retirement from grand chancellor in 1982, he was named grand chancellor emeritus. The Ways of White Folks is a collection of fourteen short stories by Langston Hughes, published in 1934. Hughes wrote the book during a year he spent living in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. The collection addresses multiple dimensions of racial issues, focusing specifically on the unbalanced yet interdependent power dynamics between Black and White people. According to Hughes, the short stories are inspired either by his own lived experiences or those of others he encountered.…
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- Title
- The Ways of White Folks First Edition Third Printing 1944 Signed and Inscribed to R A Hester
- Author
- Langstin Hughes
- Publisher
- Alfred A Knopf, New York
- Publication year
- 1944
- Condition
- Near fine
- Dust jacket
- Fair
- Signed
- Inscribed by Author(s)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Printing
- 3rd Printing
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