I Wonder as I Wander: An Autobiographical Journey (American Century)

In __I Wonder as I Wander__, Langston Hughes vividly recalls the most dramatic and intimate moments of his life in the turbulent 1930s. His wanderlust leads him to Cuba, Haiti, Russia, Soviet Central Asia, Japan, Spain (during its Civil War), through dictatorships, wars, revolutions. He meets and brings to life the famous and the humble, from Arthur Koestler to Emma, the Black Mammy of Moscow. It is the continuously amusing, wise revelation of an American writer journeying around the often strange and always exciting world he loves. From The Publisher: In I Wonder As I Wander, Langston Hughes Vividly Recalls The Most Dramatic And Intimate Moments Of His Life In The Turbulent 1930s. His Wanderlust Leads Him To Cuba, Haiti, Russia, Soviet Central Asia, Japan, Spain (during Its Civil War), Through Dictatorships, Wars, Revolutions. He Meets And Brings To Life The Famous And The Humble, From Arthur Koestler To Emma, The Black Mammy Of Moscow. It Is The Continuously Amusing, Wise Revelation Of An American Writer Journeying Around The Often Strange And Always Exciting World He Loves. Introduction -- 1: In Search Of Sun -- Less Than Lyric -- Havana Nights -- Cuban Color Lines -- Water Front Hotel -- Don't Carry Parcels -- People Without Shoes -- Official Delegation -- It Wasn't Malaria -- 2: Poetry To The People -- Mary Mcleod Bethune -- Tragedy At Hampton -- Color At Chapel Hill -- Plantation Hospitality -- Warning In Mississippi -- Personal Autograph -- Making Poetry Pay -- Death House At Kilby -- Hilltop In San Francisco -- 3: Moscow Movie -- Banner At The Border -- Scenario In Russian -- Mammy Of Moscow -- Negroes In The Ussr -- White Sands Of Odessa -- Bitter End -- 4: South To Samarkand -- Forbidden Territory -- Ashkhadad Adventure -- Darkness Before Noon -- Once The Garden Of Eden -- Turkmenian Flamenco -- Koestler Washes His Hands -- High Holy Bokhara -- Synagogues And Pencils -- Desert Caravanserai -- Little Old Lady -- Hooligans Of The Road -- Tartar Rendezvous -- Wedding In Tashkent -- Light For Asia -- Dixie Christmas Ussr -- Flowers To The Fair --^ Farewell Samarkand -- 5: Spring Beside The Kremlin -- Zero Weather, Zero Hour -- Bread, Red Tape And Poets -- Theater Of The Whirling Seats -- Moscow Romance -- Irritated And Salivated -- Illusion And Disillusion -- Dh Lawrence Between Us -- Making Russians Do Right -- May Day In Moscow -- Natasha's Big Scene -- Hectic Finale -- Trans-siberian Express -- Ten Days To Vladivostok -- 6: Color Around The Globe -- Myself And Two Australians -- Tea In Japan -- Watermelon From The Yangtze -- Incredible Shanghai -- Jazz In China -- Bon Voyage Chicken -- Spies And Spiders -- American, Go Home -- Identical Desires -- Honolulu Leis -- 7: Writing For A Living -- Carmel-by-the-sea -- Mailbox For The Dead -- Period To A Will -- Diego, Lupe And A Leper -- Invitation To Philanthropy -- Writer And A Fighter -- First Play On Broadway -- Prelude To Spain -- 8: World Without End -- Bombs In Barcelona -- Sweet Wine Of Valencia -- Breakfast In Madrid -- Harlem Swing And Spanish Shells --^ Death And Laughter -- Body Here, Leg There -- General Franco's Moors -- Citation For Bravery -- My One And Only Wound -- Hemingway Story -- Hail And Farewell -- Hand Grenades And Rations -- How A Man Died -- Negroes In Spain -- Artists Under Siege -- How To Eat A Cat -- Salud Madrid -- Happy New Year. By Langston Hughes ; Introd. By Arnold Rampersad. "The Big Sea was the first volume of Langston's autiobiography. The second volume, I Wonder as I Wander. Together they are among the wisest, warmest, and most informative books to issue from Langston's pen, and by that to say from the Renaissance or any other literary movement." Amiri Baraka, from the bookjacket.