James Arthur Baldwin Life James Arthur Baldwin was born the first of nine children during 1924 in Harlem. ... James Baldwin's father was a very religious Christian who forced the church on young James. ... In 1953 he finished the partially autobiographical account of his youth, Go Tell It on the Mountain. ... James Baldwin was not done writing yet. ... James Baldwin died, a man loved and respected by many. ...

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James Arthur Baldwin was an American poet, novelist, essayist, playwright, and social critic. ... James, who worked at a sweatshop nearby and dreaded going home after school, visited Beauford. ... James Arthur Baldwin died due to stomach cancer on December 1, 1987 in Saint-Paul de Vence, France. Literary Works James Arthur Baldwin had a lots of published essays and novels. ... He had several novels one title Another Country and, one of his most famous writings, Go Tell It on the Mountain. ...

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The Works of James Baldwin We are responsible for the world in which we find ourselves, if only because we are the only forces that can change it. James Baldwin was born in Harlem on August 2, 1924. ... "James Baldwin's most valuable quality as a writer is authenticity" (Contemporary Literary Criticism, Vol. 2, pg. 31). ... Baldwin finished his long-awaited first book, Go Tell It On The Mountain, during a stay in his companion's Swiss hometown, and published it in 1953. ... Published in 1968, Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone, is a bitterly incisive account of Amer...

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His childhood and his relationship with his stepfather was the basis for his most famous novel, Got Tell it on the Mountain. ... In addition, James Baldwin was a frequent victim of racism. ... James Baldwin's influences varied. ... His most famous novel, Got Tell It on the Mountain published in 1953, is an unusual depiction of a coming-of-age story of a fourteen year old boy, John Grimes. ... The novel takes place in Paris; the main character, like Baldwin, goes to Paris to both escape and to find himself. ...

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