{"id":3617,"date":"2019-07-05T04:03:01","date_gmt":"2019-07-05T04:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/old.yesterdaysclassics.com\/books\/?page_id=3617"},"modified":"2025-03-23T03:33:19","modified_gmt":"2025-03-23T03:33:19","slug":"in-my-youth-by-james-baldwin","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/old.yesterdaysclassics.com\/books\/in-my-youth-by-james-baldwin\/","title":{"rendered":"In My Youth"},"content":{"rendered":"

In My Youth<\/strong><\/h3>\n

by James Baldwin<\/p>\n

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Look inside…<\/a><\/p>\n

Description:  <\/span>A decidedly different autobiography, originally published under the pseudonym Robert Dudley, eventually revealed to be James Baldwin. A portrayal of life in rural Indiana in the middle of the 19th century it certainly is, but it is so much more. In the words of Mr. Howland, an editor for the original publisher, ‘It is difficult to describe just what there is so remarkable about this book, but it is undeniably wonderful. It is literature. It is a strange combination of autobiography and fiction, and records only the simplest happenings — the life of people in the Indiana backwoods, the primitive life, the commonplace experiences, the visits between neighbors. To tell about it in this way does not make it sound remarkable, yet it is. The style is simple and clear; there is a quiet humor running through it, and in other places the reading brings tears to the eyes.’<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Ages:  <\/strong>10-12<\/em>Length: <\/strong><\/span> <\/span>554 pages<\/span><\/em>Format:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>  <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Paperback, Ebook<\/span><\/span><\/em>Illustrations:<\/strong><\/span> <\/span><\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> Black and white<\/span><\/em>Year published:<\/strong> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>2010<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em>ISBN:<\/strong>  <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em>978-1-59915-314-8<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Genres:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>  <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>American History, Historical Fiction, Autobiography<\/span><\/em> <\/p>\n

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Table of Contents<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

1. The Center of the World<\/em><\/p>\n

2. Possessed<\/em><\/p>\n

3. “This Is My Library!”<\/em><\/p>\n

4. Evenings at Home<\/em><\/p>\n

5. Borrowing Fire<\/em><\/p>\n

6. In the Big Woods<\/em><\/p>\n

7. At Cousin Sally’s<\/em><\/p>\n

8. Going to Meetin’<\/em><\/p>\n

9. The Angel of the Facing Bench<\/em><\/p>\n

10. Ikey Bright<\/em><\/p>\n

11. The Big-House<\/em><\/p>\n

12. A Memorable Occasion<\/em><\/p>\n

13. The Friend from England<\/em><\/p>\n

14. Something from the Saddle-Bags<\/em><\/p>\n

15. The Departure of the Caravan<\/em><\/p>\n

16. Fever’n’Agur<\/em><\/p>\n

17. What They Brought from the ‘Hio<\/em><\/p>\n

18. News from the County Seat<\/em><\/p>\n

19. “The Slavers”<\/em><\/p>\n

20. The Great Moral Exhibition<\/em><\/p>\n

21. A Friend Indeed<\/em><\/p>\n

22. My Day in Paradise<\/em><\/p>\n

23. Old Aunt Sary<\/em><\/p>\n

24. “Going to School?”<\/em><\/p>\n

25. “Shades of the Prison House”<\/em><\/p>\n

26. My First Merry Christmas<\/em><\/p>\n

27. The Awakening<\/em><\/p>\n

28. Nopplis<\/em><\/p>\n

29. Charity and Patience<\/em><\/p>\n

30. Lochinvar<\/em><\/p>\n

31. The Raisin’ and the Quiltin’<\/em><\/p>\n

32. The Ruse<\/em><\/p>\n

33. The Long Way about It<\/em><\/p>\n

34. Fragments<\/em><\/p>\n

An Inside View…<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

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