The Big Sea: An Autobiography by Langston Hughes

368 pages first pub 1940 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir reflective fast-paced
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Introduction by Arnold Rampersad. Langston Hughes, born in 1902, came of age early in the 1920s. In The Big Sea he recounts those memorable years in the two great playgrounds of the decade--Harlem and Paris. In Paris he was a cook and waiter in ni...

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reflective 83%
adventurous 66%
emotional 33%
funny 33%
hopeful 33%
informative 33%
inspiring 33%
lighthearted 33%
challenging 16%
sad 16%

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