{"product_id":"young-c-l-r-james-a-graphic-novelette-paperback","title":"Young C.L.R. James: A Graphic Novelette - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMilton Knight\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator), \u003cb\u003eLawrence Ware\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003ePaul Buhle\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis unique comic by Milton Knight illuminates the early years of C.L.R. James (1901-1989), known in much later years as the \"last great Pan-Africanist.\" The son of a provincial school administrator in British-governed Trinidad, James disappointed his family by embracing the culture and passions of the colonial underclass, Carnival and cricket. He joined the literary avant-garde of the island before leaving for Britain. In the UK, James swiftly became a beloved cricket journalist, playwright for his close friend Paul Robeson, and a pathbreaking scholar of black history with \u003cem\u003eThe Black Jacobins\u003c\/em\u003e (1938), the first history of the Haitian revolt.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe artistic skills of Milton Knight, at once acute and provocative, bring out James's unique personality, how it arose, and how he became a world figure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Buhle\u003c\/b\u003e introduced James's work to the New Left via \u003ci\u003eRadical America\u003c\/i\u003e in the later 1960s. \u003cb\u003eMilton Knight's \u003c\/b\u003ework has appeared in outlets such as \u003ci\u003eHeavy Metal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHigh Times, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNational Lampoon\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eLawrence Ware\u003c\/b\u003e writes and comments widely on race, sports, and culture in many publications, including \u003ci\u003eNew Black Man (In Exile)\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCounterpunch, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eDemocratic Left, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eHuffington Post Live, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eNPR.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 48\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.3 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770494877984,"sku":"9781629635149","price":6.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/64e05cacf3750e6bf6cd387644cf7c57.webp?v=1780372899","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/young-c-l-r-james-a-graphic-novelette-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}