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Go Tell it on the Mountain
James Baldwin · Literary Fiction
35 Pulse Score
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#527 All Time
About this book
Baldwin's first novel tells of the spiritual awakening of 14-year-old John Grimes during a Saturday night service in a Harlem church, while his parents, praying beside him, struggle with their knowledge of past sins.
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