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I Wonder as I Wander

An Autobiographical Journey

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I Wonder as I Wander

By: Langston Hughes, Arnold Rampersad
Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman
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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. It is the continuously amusing, wise revelation of an American writer journeying around the often strange and always exciting world he loves.

Cover design by Sara Eisenman. Cover photograph by Roy DeCarava © Sherry Turner DeCarava. African American Americas Art & Literature Authors Black & African American Historical Literary History & Criticism United States War Russia Biography Latin American Soviet Union Celebrity Military Civil War Imperialism Imperial Japan Social justice Caribbean

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Langston Hughes lived an eventful life. This part of his life story is as if it more interesting than the first (Big Sea).

I believe I am not hooked 😊

Definitely worth listening to ....

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Langston Hughes so clearly paints a picture of the places he travels to and the people he meets. An important documentation of black histories pre WWII

Historical wandering

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Beautifully written I really enjoyed it. Descriptive and captivating it describes a life well spent full of interest and surprise

Great listen

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