This is a biography of James Baldwin, author, one-time preacher and civil rights activist. He chose David Leeming, a close friend and colleague, to write his biography and granted him access to his correspondence. Leeming traces his life from his birth in Harlem in 1924, his self-imposed exile in Europe, his later years as political activist to his public funeral in 1987.
- ISBN10 0140240993
- ISBN13 9780140240993
- Publish Date 25 May 1995 (first published 26 May 1994)
- Publish Status Unknown
- Out of Print 11 September 1997
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Penguin Books Ltd
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 464
- Language English