Tambourines to Glory

by Langston Hughes

Book Overview

For every bustling jazz joint that opened in Korean War-era Harlem, a new church seemed to spring up. Tambourines to Glory introduces you to an unlikely team behind a church whose rock was the curb at 126th and Lenox. Essie Belle Johnson and Laura Reed live in adjoining tenement flats, adrift on public relief. Essie wants to somehow earn enough money to reunite with her daughter and provide her with a nice home; Laura loves young men, mink coats,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0767923278
• ISBN13: 9780767923279
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: Crown Publishing Group
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

Both of Hughes' novels are excellent, but this is hilarious!

I must say that this is the second novel of Langston Hughes and it greatly shows how he perfected his craft. Not that the first (Not without Laughter) wasn't good. It was level to this one except that the comedic timing is on par. I read it in 2 days and laughed all the way through. Not a waste of time.