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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: Blind, mit einer Pistole: Kriminalroman

    First published in 1974 1 edition in 1 language
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    First published in 1987 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1997 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 2002 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Collected Stories of Chester Himes

    First published in 2002 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Essential Harlem Detectives: A Rage in Harlem, the Real Cool Killers, the Crazy Kill, Cotton Comes to Harlem

    First published in 2024 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Qu'on Lui Jette La Première Pierre

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  • Cover of: Third Generation

    First published in 1954 1 edition
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    First published in 1983 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 2011 1 edition in 1 language
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    First published in 1966 1 edition
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    First published in 2008 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: El gran sueño de oro ; Por amor a Imabelle ; Algodón en Harlem

    First published in 1984 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The Big Gold Dream

    First published in 1973 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Crime novels: American noir of the 1950s.

    First published in 1997 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The end of a primitive

    First published in 1990 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Crime Novels: American Noir of the 1950s: The Killer Inside Me / The Talented Mr. Ripley / Pick-up / Down There / The Real Cool Killers (Library of America)

    First published in 1997 1 edition in 1 language
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    First published in 2003 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Yesterday will make you cry.

    First published in 1999 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
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March 10, 2023 Edited by indy133 Edited without comment.
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import