"This collection offers a powerful glimpse into an interesting man and a historical time period and also a timeless lesson about the importance of doing what is right."--P. J./i>--P. J. Kurtz "Choice "

"James's prose is vigorous and clear, and it's fascinating to see him--who excelled at so many literary forms--trying his hand in an unexpected medium."--"The Caribbean Review of Books"

--Nicholas Laughlin "The Caribbean Review of Books "

CONSTANCE WEBB (1919-2005) is author of Richard Wright: A Biography (1969) and co-author of the original Indignant Heart (1952). C. L. R. James's letters to Webb, written over the course of a decade, have been collected as Special Delivery: The Letters of C. L. R. James to Constance Webb, 1939-1948 (1996).

Anna Grimshaw is Lecturer in Visual Anthropology at the Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology, University of Manchester. She is the author of Servants of the Buddha (1992) and editor of the C.L.R. James Reader (1992).

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