Constab Ballads: Including the Poem 'If We Must Die'

by Claude McKay

Book Overview

First published in 1912, "Constab Ballads" is a classic poetry collection with the main focus based on the police force of McKay's time, including his famous poem "If We Must Die". Festus Claudius "Claude" McKay OJ (1890-1948) was a Jamaican-born American poet and writer famous for his central role in the Harlem Renaissance. After travelling to America to attend college, he came across W. E. B. Du Bois's "The Souls of Black Folk", which inspired in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1409701107
• ISBN13: 9781409701101
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Ragged Hand
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.5" x 8.5"