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Chester Himes

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fiction writer from the U.S. state of Missouri

Born 1909
Died 1984

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  • Cover of: Regrets sans repentir

    First published in 1979 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: End of a Primitive

    First published in 1990 1 edition — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The Heat's On

    First published in 1986 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Quality of Hurt: The Autobiography of Chester Himes

    First published in 1972 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Blind Man with a Pistol

    First published in 1971 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The heat's on

    First published in 1967 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Pinktoes, a Novel

    First published in 1965 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Qu'on lui jette la première pierre

    First published in 1990 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Quality of Hurt, The : The Autobiography of Chester Himes, The: Volume I

    First published in 1972 1 edition
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  • Cover of: All Shot Up

    First published in 1975 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The Quality of Hurt: The Autobiography of Chester Himes Vol. 1

    First published in 1972 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The primitive

    First published in 1955 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Il pleut des coups durs

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  • Cover of: Il pleut des coups durs

    First published in 1988 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The Crazy Kill

    First published in 2018 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Big Gold Dream

    First published in 2008 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Dare-dare

    First published in 1997 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Por el pasado, llorarás

    First published in 1999 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Rage in Harlem (Special Edition)

    First published in 2022 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Le Manteau de rêve: nouvelles

    First published in 1987 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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fiction writer from the U.S. state of Missouri

Born 1909
Died 1984
Subjects
Fiction, African americans, fiction, New york (n.y.), fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Johnson, coffin ed (fictitious character), fiction, Jones, grave digger (fictitious character), fiction, African Americans, African American police, Police, Coffin Ed Johnson (Fictitious character), Fiction, general, Grave Digger Jones (Fictitious character), Race relations, African American men, African American novelists, American Novelists, American fiction, Fiction in English, Himes, chester b., 1909-1984, Biography, Fiction, mystery & detective, hard-boiled, Interracial dating, African American women, African Americans in literature, African americans in literature
Places
Harlem (New York, N.Y.), New York, New York (State), Europe, Harlem, Los Angeles (Calif.), New York (N.Y.), Southern California, United States
People
Chester B. Himes (1909-), Chester B. Himes (1909-1984), John Alfred Williams (1925-)
Time
20th century, Siglo XX

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Alternative names

  • Chester B., Himes
  • Chester Bomar Himes
  • Chester B. Himes
  • chester himes
  • Chester B Himes
  • HIMES CHESTER

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February 11, 2024 Edited by Tom Morris Remove bad AKAs
February 11, 2024 Edited by Tom Morris merge authors
September 17, 2023 Edited by bitnapper merge authors
March 10, 2023 Edited by indy133 Edited without comment.
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import