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I Wonder as I Wander

By: Langston Hughes, Arnold Rampersad
Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman
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Summary

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.

©1956 Langston Hughes (P)2011 Random House
African American Literary History & Criticism Cultural & Regional
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Historical wandering

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

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Great listen

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

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Definitely worth listening to ....

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 😊

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