Jim D asked:
"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)?"
Obviously, I can't give as definitive an answer as Jim S, but
until he gets to it, I can report that I have a Dell movie
tie-in papeback of Cotton Comes to Harlem. The copyright page
in it says:
Copyright C 1965 by Chester Himes
All rights reserved
Dell TM 681510, Dell Publishing Co., Inc.
Originally published in France under the title Retour En
Afrique C 1964 by Libairie Plon
Reprinted by arrangement with GP Putnam's Sons New York,
NY
Printed in the USA
Previous Dell Edition #1513 New Dell Edition First printing
-- July 1970
So there were definitely US editions prior to the movie.
However, this doesn't really say one way or another if the
earlier US title was Cotton or Return, but wouldn't they have
noted the latter if it had been the one on the previous Dell
(or Putnam) edition?
Mark
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