Kenyatta s last hit by donald goines kenyatta all time favorite. Born in detroit, michigan, donald goines 19361974 was an africanamerican writer of urban fiction. Apr 29, 2012 four books in total were dedicated to kenyattas attempts to clean up the streets, and it was clearly a narrative that goines was passionate about. Kenyattas last hit by donald goines boomerang books. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Kenyattas last hit by donald goines, paperback barnes. Kenyatta, the living black legend, concentrates his armys ruth. Jun 01, 1975 kenyatta s last hit is the final installment of the the kenyatta quartet by donald goines. Kenyatta s last hit the voice of the ghetto itself. Air force instead of going into his familys dry cleaning business. Buy kenyatta s last hit by donald goines 9780758290298 from boomerang books, australias online independent bookstore. Shortly thereafter, eddie stone wrote the biography donald writes no more, which encapsulated the deterministic factors that contributed to goiness tragic life, outlining issues related to class, race, addiction and the cyclical systemic issues of the biased judicial process. December 15, 1936 october 21, 1974 was an africanamerican writer of urban fiction.
With the help of elliot stone, a black football star and latest recruit to the army, kenyatta discovers the identity of the fatcat king of the drug pushers. Kenyattas last hit goines, donald 9780870679650 hpb. Kenyatta s last hit is the final installment of the the kenyatta quartet by donald goines. Buy kenyatta s last hit by donald goines from amazons fiction books store. Kenyattas last hit book by donald goines thriftbooks. Kenyattas last hit by goines,donald for sale online. The only problem is the shady dealers who are running the dru. In 1974 goines published crime partners, the first book in the kenyatta series under the name al c.
With the help of football star elliot stone, kenyatta concentrates his armys forces on ridding the black community of rampant drug traffic. Dec 31, 2016 kenyatta s last hit by donald goines, 9780870679445, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. The series comprises four books, crime partners, death list, kenyatta s escape, and kenyatta s last hit. Kenyatta and his army work to rid their community of drug traffic.
The unquestioned originator of urban lit, donald goines ups the reality factor with one of his most enduring characters kenyatta has it good. The crack blackandwhite detective team of benson and ryan follows kenyatta s trail of blood across the. His novels were deeply influenced by the work of iceberg slim. Delany and frank yerby, the majority of whose readers are white and are intended to be white, the books of donald goines are devoured by legions of black. Kenyatta s last hit mass market paperback january 1, 1998. In 1974 detroits most famous author, donald goines, was shot and killed. Kenyatta s escape by donald goines overview kenyatta had two ambitions. Donald goines provided perhaps the most sustained, multifaceted, realistic. Kenyattas last hit by donald goines paperback, 2007 for. He opposes the establishment and is a sworn enemy of white cops. A career criminal and drug addict who took up writing during one of his seven prison sentences, goines s books are now recognized as almost unbearably authentic portraits of the roughest aspects of the black experience. The serial hero, kenyattanamed after the father of kenya, jomo kenyattais the leader of a militant organization which aims to clean american ghettos of drugs and prostitution.
Kenyattas last hit kenyatta by al c clark fantastic fiction. Kenyatta, the living black legend, concentrates his armys ruthless forces to rid the black community of rampant drug traffic. With new recruits bolstering his army, hes ready to take down the drug pushers destroying his. This is the last of the kenyatta series, and it goes out with a bang. Kenyatta s last hit by donald goines, 9780870679445, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Kenyattas last hit, book by donald goines paperback. Donald goines wrote fiction the way other people package meat.
Goines released the books under a pseudonym on the request of his. Following his service, he entered into a life of drug addiction and crime. I love my black authors, so intense and descriptive. Death list 1974 brings together kenyatta, the powerful ganglord, edward benson, an intelligent black detective, and ryan, his chiselfaced white partner, in a war against a secret list of drug pushers. Kenyattas last hit by donald goines 1998, paperback for. This book is the last in the series about kenyatta and his crew who tries to take down da man the dope pushers that push junk.
Goines released the first book in june 1974 through holloway house, with the final book being published posthumously in november of the same year. Goines was born in detroit, michigan on december 15, 1936. His parents were a middleclass black couple that ran a laundry business, with his mother. Kenyattas last hit mass market paperback january 1, 1998 by donald goines author.
The publisher, holloway house, requested that goines publish the book under a pseudonym in order to avoid having the sales of goines s work suffer due to too many books releasing at once. Then he was gunned down at his typewriter while working on his final book, kenyatta s last hit. Mar 10, 2000 death list use w7966x by donald goines, 9780870679902, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. A career criminal and drug addict who took up writing during one of his seven prison sentences, goiness books are now recognized as almost unbearably authentic portraits of the roughest aspects of the black experience. The head a black militant organization dedicated to the herculean task of douching out the ghettos of drugs and prostitution, kenyatta is killed in a shootout in the last book of the series, kenyatta s last hit 1975. Four book series written by donald goines under the pseudonym al c. Donald goines for kenyatta, the living urban legend, the war is far from over.
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In the fourth book, kenyatta s last hit 1975, the hero is killed in a shootout. Kenyatta s escape holloway house classics by goines, donald and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Donald goines the final book in donald goiness great kenyatta adventure series of black ghetto crime books, this was the last. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Donald goines books, ebooks, audiobooks, biography barnes. This is the first in the kenyatta series, and it picks up where sam greenlees the spook who sat by the door left off.