I Wonder As I Wander
An Autobiographical Journey
Farrar Straus & Giroux · Print & ebook · August 1, 1993
In I Wonder as I Wander, Langston Hughes vividly recalls the most dramatic and intimate moments of his life in the turbulent 1930s.
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- Who it’s for
- Personal recollection and worldly encounters make this 1930s journey both intimate and wide-ranging.
- Themes
- Autobiographical reflection, Travel across countries, Life amid political upheaval
- Genres
- Writers' Lives, Travel Writing, Black & African American Lives
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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.
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It is the continuously amusing, wise revelation of an American writer journeying around the often strange and always exciting world he loves.
A World in Motion
Personal recollection and worldly encounters make this 1930s journey both intimate and wide-ranging.
Come here for
- A traveler's view of a turbulent 1930s world
- Encounters with the famous and the humble
Expect
- Wars, revolutions, and dictatorships in the frame
- An often amusing, wise account of life on the move
Where it sits
| Black & African American Lives | 93% |
|---|---|
| Travel Writing | 50% |
| Writers' Lives | 44% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Black & African American Lives
- Writers' Lives
- Authors
- Langston Hughes
- Publisher
- Farrar Straus & Giroux
- Published
- August 1, 1993
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Autobiographical reflection · Travel across countries · Life amid political upheaval
- Reading lane
- Black & African American Lives