Citation Author: Chester B. Himes

“First published in the United Kingdom in 1990 by Allison & Bursby” — Title page verso.

“This volume of my autobiography recounts all that memory retains of the forty-five years of my hurt. America hurt me terribly, whether rightly or wrongly is not the point. When I fought back through writing it decided to kill me, whether I was a degenerate ex-convict who refused to wear sackcloth and ashes, a Negro who refused to accept the…

“This volume of my autobiography recounts all that memory retains of the forty-five year of my hurt. America hurt me terribly, whether rightly or wrongly is not the point. When I fought back through writing it decided to kill me, whether because I was a degenerate ex-convict who refused to wear sackcloth and ashes, a Negro who refused to accept…