Hughes's most popular and beloved fictional creation was Jesse B. Semple, a Harlem man from Virginia known as "simple" who was based on a conversation Hughes had with a defense-plant worker in 1943. Simple's romantic escapades, the racial indignities he suffered, his sardonic outlook on life, and the humor with which Hughes infused his story, won him innumerable fans in the many newspaper in which the tales appeared.
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Hughes's most popular and beloved fictional creation was Jesse B. Semple, a Harlem man from Virginia known as "simple" who was based on a conversation Hughes had with a defense-plant worker in 1943. Simple's romantic escapades, the racial indignities he suffered, his sardonic outlook on life, and the humor with which Hughes infused his story, won him innumerable fans in the many newspaper in which the tales appeared.
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Add this copy of Simple's Uncle Sam (American Century Series) to cart. $14.00, good condition, Sold by Bob's Book Journey rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Austin, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1967 by Hill & Wang.
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Very Good- Book Paperback with cover design by Paul Lambert, 180 pp. 46 stories. Fiction. Moderate wear with slightly age-toned covers and rubbing on spine; lettering on spine not affected, no owner names or gift notes, clean text, tight binding. Jesse "Simple" Semple is a Harlem philosopher dedicated to bringing simple issues of morality to light. He was fighting for decent civil rights in America some years before current adherents dicovered their existence or nonexistence.
Add this copy of Simple's Uncle Sam to cart. $27.60, good condition, Sold by Fables Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Goshen, IN, UNITED STATES, published 1965 by Hill and Wang.
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Good. A former college library book with all the expected stamps stickers and markings. Some shelf storage or usage wear present. The binding is tight and all pages are present. Missing dustjacket. The pages appear unmarked. Light staining on front cover. Pictures available upon request. Individually inspected by Scott. Thanks for supporting an independent bookseller!
Add this copy of Simple's Uncle Sam to cart. $12.98, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Baltimore rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Halethorpe, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1965 by Farrar Straus & Giroux.
Add this copy of Simple's Uncle Sam to cart. $12.98, fair condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Reno rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Reno, NV, UNITED STATES, published 1965 by Farrar Straus & Giroux.
Add this copy of Simple's Uncle Sam to cart. $28.59, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Dallas rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dallas, TX, UNITED STATES, published by Hill and Wang.
Add this copy of Simple's Uncle Sam to cart. $38.96, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Santa Clarita, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1965 by Farrar Straus & Giroux.
Add this copy of Simple's Uncle Sam to cart. $68.32, new condition, Sold by Just one more Chapter rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Miramar, FL, UNITED STATES, published 1965 by Farrar Straus & Giroux.
Add this copy of Simple's Uncle Sam to cart. $107.00, very good condition, Sold by ZENO'S rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from San Francisco, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1965 by Hill & Wang.
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Good jacket. New York. 1965. October 1965. Hill & Wang. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Slightly Worn Dustjacket With Some Tears. 180 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Saul Lambert. keywords: African American Literature America. DESCRIPTION-In this new collection of forty-six stories, all of them appearing in book form for the first time, Jesse B. Semple of Harlem, U.S.A., comments wisely and wittily on American life today as seen through his eyes. Typical of the delightful insight with with which Langston Hughes has endowed his creation, Simple wryly remarks: ‘Uncle Sam. if you is really my blood uncle, prove it. Are we is or are we ain't related? If so, how come you are so white and I am so black? ' Simple discusses the law: ‘When it is not on the side of civil rights, then the law is not right, it is white'; haircuts: ‘If white Americans can learn how to fly past Venus, go into orbit and make Telestar, it looks to me like white barbers in Ohio could learn how to cut colored hair': beatniks: ‘Go south, my boy, go south. Let the fiery cross singe the beard off your beatnik chin'; miscegenation (as seen by his wife Joyce): ‘To me it is living in sin for a colored person to marry anybody related to Talmadge, Wallace, Eastland, Sheriff Clark. ' Simple invites his white boss, who is sympathetic toward Negroes, to ‘come Uptown with me and reintegrate. ' He dreams of a South in which ‘Mammy Faubus' serves him mint juleps on his plantation veranda and where crackers like ‘Mammv Eastland' know their place; of sailing clown the Harlem River in his yacht and throwing a party for all his friends. inventory #35266.
Add this copy of Simple's Uncle Sam to cart. $177.00, like new condition, Sold by J Mercurio Books Maps & Prints rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Garrison, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1965 by Hill & Wang.
