{"product_id":"not-without-laughter-1","title":"Not Without Laughter","description":"326, [10] pp. 8vo. Color illustrated endpapers, color frontispiece. A limited edition of the work originally published in 1930 by the American poet and social activist. This was his first novel. \"Our greatest African American poet's award-winning first novel, about a black boy's coming-of-age in a largely white Kansas town. When first published in 1930, Not Without Laughter established Langston Hughes as not only a brilliant poet and leading light of the Harlem Renaissance but also a gifted novelist. In telling the story of Sandy Rogers, a young African American boy in small-town Kansas, and of his family - his mother, Annjee, a housekeeper for a wealthy white family; his irresponsible father, Jimboy, who plays the guitar and travels the country in search of employment; his strong-willed grandmother Hager, who clings to her faith; his Aunt Tempy, who marries a rich man; and his Aunt Harriet, who struggles to make it as a blues singer - Hughes gives the longings and lineaments of black life in the early twentieth century an important place in the history of racially divided America.\"","brand":"Westvaco Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44006633308230,"sku":"2351167","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1232\/9510\/files\/2351167.jpg?v=1762532645","url":"https:\/\/ym-demo.myshopify.com\/products\/not-without-laughter-1","provider":"Yesterday's Muse","version":"1.0","type":"link"}