Jim S.,
Re your comment below:
> It's not. The original English title [of
COTTON
> COMES TO HARLEM] was *Back To
> Africa*, and it was
> first published in France with the translated
title
> *Retour en Afrique*.
> It was called *Cotton Comes To Harlem* in it's
first
> American
> publication, however.
>
> About 10 years ago I was cataloging a
large
> collection of Himes' novels
> for the Special Collections Dept. at the
University
> of Maryland. As part
> of my efforts I created Name-Title Authority
records
> for almost all of
> Himes' works; these are now part of the Library
of
> Congress Authority
> database. Catalogers create these records so
that
> works published in
> various manifestations (translations, changes
it
> title, etc.) can be
> accessed through a uniform title. I was forced
to
> learn a *lot* about
> Himes' publishing history for that
project!
Was there an English-language version (in the UK or
elsewhere) of COTTON called BACK TO AFRICA that preceded the
American edition? Did the American edition precede the film
version (in which case the film title would not have affected
the novel's English title)?
Thanks for the info.
JIM DOHERTY
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