Evidence of Things Not Seen

by James Baldwin

Book Overview

This edition of a classic work by one of America's premier writers offers a new Foreword by Derrick Bell (with Janet Dewart Bell) to the 1995 paperback edition, and is as meaningful today as it was when it was first published in 1985. In his searing and moving essay, James Baldwin explores the Atlanta child murders that took place over a period of twenty-two months in 1979 and 1980. Examining this incident with a reporter's skill and an essayist's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805001387
• ISBN13: 9780805001389
• Release Date: January 1986
• Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
• Length: 125 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

The Evidence of Things Not Seen

Searing, insighful essays written by a genius mind with a writing style so filled with grace that it evokes tears. Recognition fills every page. These essays should be required reading in every American school. Anyone interested in what a writer is, should be, can be, should experience this Baldwin.