Tambourines to Glory (18 page)

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Copyright © 1958 by Langston Hughes. Copyright renewed 1986 by George Houston Bass.

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A previous edition of this book was originally published in 1958 by The John Day Company. It is here reprinted by arrangement with the Estate of Langston Hughes.

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This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, organizations, places, events, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

The author and publisher gratefully acknowledge the following for the right to reprint material in this book:
“Precious Lord, Take My Hand,” words and music by Thomas A. Dorsey, © 1938 Unichappell Music, Inc. Copyright renewed. Rights for the extended term of copyright in the U.S. assigned to Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. All rights reserved. Used by permission of Alfred Publishing Co., Inc.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Hughes, Langston, 1902–1967.
    Tambourines to glory : a novel / Langston Hughes.—1st Harlem Moon trade pbk. ed.
        p. cm.—(Harlem Moon classic)
    1. African American women—Fiction. 2. Churches—Fiction.
3.    Gospel music—Fiction. 4. Good and evil—Fiction. 5. Harlem
(New York, N.Y.)—Fiction. I. Title. II. Series.

PS3515.U274T3 2006
813′.52—dc22

2006041113

eISBN: 978-0-307-49821-2

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