Name: Cotton Comes to Harlem

Author: Chester Himes
Year: 1964
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Mystery
Culture: African-American

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9780394759999
0394759990
Black flim-flam man Deke O'Hara is no sooner out of Atlanta's state penitentiary than he's back on the streets working the scam of a lifetime. As sponsor of the Back-to-Africa movement he's counting on the big Harlem rally to produce a big collection-for his own private charity. But the take-$87,000-is hijacked by white gunmen and hidden in a bale of cotton that suddenly everybody wants to get his hands on. With Coffin Ed Johnson and Grave Digger Jones on everyone's trail and piecing together the complexity of the scheme, Cotton Comes to Harlem is one of Himes's hardest-hitting and most entertaining thrillers.
This book is part of the "Harlem Cycle" series. Here are some other books from this series:
"Blind Man with a Pistol"
First published in 1969
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"The Heat's On"
First published in 1961
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"The Crazy Kill"
First published in 1959
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"The Real Cool Killers"
First published in 1958
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"A Rage in Harlem"
First published in 1957
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