{"product_id":"young-c-l-r-james-a-graphic-novelette-9781629635149","title":"Young C.L.R. James: A Graphic Novelette","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Milton Knight | Lawrence Ware | Paul Buhle\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: PM Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: PM Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Nonfiction - Biography \u0026amp; Memoir\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis unique comic by Milton Knight illuminates the early years of C.L.R. James (1901-1989), known in much later years as the \"last great Pan-Africanist.\" The son of a provincial school administrator in British-governed Trinidad, James disappointed his family by embracing the culture and passions of the colonial underclass, Carnival and cricket. He joined the literary avant-garde of the island before leaving for Britain. In the UK, James swiftly became a beloved cricket journalist, playwright for his close friend Paul Robeson, and a pathbreaking scholar of black history with \u003cem\u003eThe Black Jacobins\u003c\/em\u003e (1938), the first history of the Haitian revolt.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe artistic skills of Milton Knight, at once acute and provocative, bring out James's unique personality, how it arose, and how he became a world figure.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PM Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47999565562007,"sku":"9781629635149","price":339.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781629635149.webp?v=1783601052","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/young-c-l-r-james-a-graphic-novelette-9781629635149","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}