Donald author of the hunter rayne highway mysteries series. Macdonald is very highly regarded by his fellow authors, including dean koontz and stephen king. In addition to his kenyatta series, written under the pen name al c. Murray mcdonald is a british author that primarily writes actionthriller novels. Between 1969 and 1974, he published sixteen novels, which are now recognized as almost unbearably authentic portraits of the r. Goines was born in detroit, michigan on december 15, 1936. Macdonalds career as a novelist begun in 1950 with the brass cupcake in 1950. His books gave you an insiders view to street life, his characters were entertaining and his stories were richly developed. This is the story of chester hines, who thought he was the baddest man to come down the stree.
He was in his midthirties at the time of his death. He graduated from both the saint thomas academy in 1984 and the university of saint thomas minnesota in 1989. Instead goines enlisted in the us air force, and to get in he had to lie his age. The village voice shocking, thrilling, and absolutely unforgettable donald goines returns with another classic urban tale about one woman who is living life without any rules.
May 01, 2014 in this shocking novel of a young girl alone on the streets, donald goines delves into yet another facet of the ghetto experiencethe dark,despairridden world of a black girls soul. This donald goines bibliography includes all books by donald goines, including collections, editorial contributions, and more. Welcome to the most comprehensive website on the internet for listing books in order. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Sep 01, 2001 there is a purity in his work that every writer hopes to achieve. Macdonald is very highly regarded by his fellow authors, including dean koontz and stephen king john d. Goines puts them online somewhere for free, or your local library has ebook versions available for download, you are probably out of luck. It is placed where it is because, the blood of kerensky series, while written later, provides background for the jade phoenix. From 1969 through 1974 he published 16 novels with holloway house, which are now recognized as bloodsoaked and almost unbearably authentic portraits of the roughest aspects of the black experience. For example, the jade phoenix trilogy acutally starts before the blood of kerensky series, and ends after it. When it was my turn to order, the vendor handed me his fork.
Donald author of the hunter rayne highway mysteries. Goines wanted in on the game, so he submitted a book manuscript to. Complete list of my books ruth ann nordins author blog. Father joseph and mother myrtle were hardworking migrants from the south who had managed to open up their own cleaning store. 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. Its amazing that this man could write like this, considering he was an active heroin addict, all of his adult life. However my summer project is to read all four of sarah caudwells oeuvre in chronological order, starting with thus was adonis murdered. Following his service, he entered into a life of drug addiction and crime. Dopefiend by donald goines overdrive rakuten overdrive.
I always try to read series books in proper order if at all possible. When reading a book in a series are you compelled to read. Inner city hoodlum by author donald goines november, 2000 nov 10, 2000. Unlike iceberg slim, who in pimp and elsewhere blamed his mothers. Donald goines was born in detroit to a relatively comfortable family his parents owned a local dry cleaner, and he did not have problems with the law or drugs. This john d macdonald book list not only gives all the john d macdonald books in chronological order, but lets you see the characters develop and witness events at the correct time, just as john intended. His parents were a middleclass black couple that ran a laundry business, with his mother myrtle goines telling goines that her family was descended from jefferson davis and a woman who was enslaved. Author george macdonald was born december 10, 1824 in aberdeenshire, scotland, and died september 18, 1905 in surrey, england. He received seven prison sentences, serving a total of over six years. The motivation behind this book business, was the lack of affordable books written by black authors. Aug 23, 20 putting the henty books in chronological order has helped me organize his books into our schedule to be more useful in our homeschool. He would work as an aviator in the marine corps, and was medically disqualified one week before he was.
Macdonalds books you need the most comprehensive book list available, which includes a check list, alternative titles, page counts, movie adaptations, co. If you have tid bits about donald goiness life that would be useful in writing the biography, email us. Donald goines was an africanamerican writer of urban fiction. May 01, 2007 black gangster mass market paperback may 1, 2007 by donald goines author. Sep 01, 2001 donald goines produced sixteen novels in a fiveyear period before he was gunned down at his typewriter in highland park, michigan in 1974. 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. Donald goines books list of books by author donald goines. The diary of deliverance trembly, witness to the salem witch trials, massachusetts bay colony 1691 dear america series by lisa rowe fraustino dear america. Holloway houses chief executive bentley morriss 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. We decided to become an asset to our youth and the african american commuitiy in a whole. He would work at kraft foods specializing in sales marketing and sales. Donald goines born in detroit, michigan, donald goines 19361974 was an africanamerican writer of urban fiction.
If your local library does not have paper copies, see if you can get them from another library through interlibrary loan. Goines continued to write novels at an accelerated pace in order to support his drug addictions, with some books taking only a month. We provide detailed listings of all authors and charactersseries in both publication order and chronological order. It vividly describes the lengths people will go to in order to support a habit. It is believed these books had something to do with his murder. Donald goines books list of books by donald goines. Henty books in chronological order for history immersion. Article on life of donald goines, pimp, armed robber, convict, heroin addict and. Black gangster mass market paperback october 1, 1999 by donald goines author. He was born in sharon, pennsylvania but later moved out to europe on his quest for adventure and photography. His parents were a middleclass black couple that ran a laundry business, with his mother.
Donald goines author information including a biography, photograph, list of published. I say approximate chronological order, because some books, or series, cover the events in others. Donald joseph goines was born on december 15, 1936, in chicago. Donald goines and the birth of black pulp fiction crimereads. The apostolic era chart 2 explanation chart lists the books of the new testament in the likely chronological order of their composition. Then she met chink, and with him she discovered love. We offer our books for less then the major stores, we knew this would.
Robert beck, who wrote as iceberg slim, published seven books, both fiction and nonfiction, before his death in 1992 at the age of 73. During this difficult time when so many people are selfisolating at home and worrying about how life will change for them and their loved ones during and after the global pandemic, the digital editions of the first three so far of the highway mysteries series have been. Sandra took to the streets when she was eight years old andtried to fight off the hunger pangs by shoplifting and moving into the profitsof drug pushing. Dopefiend by donald goines opens in a shooting gallery on the east side of detriot. Dopefiend is his classic descent into the junkies harrowing nightmare. So, if youve ever wanted the travis mcgee novels in order, here they are. Macdonald 19161986 was an american author who was best known for crime and suspense novels, including the popular travis mcgee novels. Donald goines, author info, published books, bio, photo, video.
Donald goines was a career criminal and addict who took up writing during one of his seven prison sentences. Donald goines 1936 1974 was a career criminal and addict who took up writing during one of his seven prison sentences. To continue reading, get the full word biography in john d macdonald books in order. Clark, goines published a number of standalone novels, including. December 15, 1936 october 21, 1974 was an africanamerican writer of urban fiction. His father who was a farmer was part of the macdonalds of glen coe and comes from a family that suffered in the massacre of 1692. Goines attended catholic elementary school and was expected to go into his familys laundry business. Any type of book or journal citing donald goines as a writer should appear on this list.
Donald goines produced sixteen novels in a fiveyear period before he was gunned down at his typewriter in highland park, michigan in 1974. Were not finished writing the donald goines biography yet. The village voice shocking, thrilling, and absolutely unforgettabledonald goines returns with another classic urban tale about one woman who is living life without any rules. Donald goines was born in detroit, michigan in december 1936 and passed away in october.
The story of a ghetto pimp, and black girl lost, and more on thriftbooks. The true black voice of his generation, donald goines wrote novels that nailed the harsh. His novels were deeply influenced by the work of iceberg slim. We currently have 3455 authors listed on the site and 2722 charactersseries with more added each day. On october 4th, 1974, donald goines and his commonlawwife shirley sailor were shot and killed in their detroit home. There is a purity in his work that every writer hopes to achieve. Discount prices on books by donald goines, including titles like eldorado red. All of donald goines books should be made into movies. Almost since the day she was born, sandra had to fend for herself on the streets of detroit. Dopefiend by donald goines literature and fiction ebooks dopefiend dopefiend book dopefiend ebook dopefiend pdf dopefiend fb2 dopefiend dopefiend your child will love this book. Rappers ice cube, fredro starr and dmx are huge fans of donald goines books.
Donald goines 19361974 was a career criminal and addict who took up writing during one of his seven prison sentences. Visit author central to change your photo, edit your biography, and more. Putting the henty books in chronological order has helped me organize his books into our schedule to be more useful in our homeschool. The diary of remember patience whipple, mayflower, 1620 by kathryn lasky. The story of a ghetto pimp paperback or softback by goines, donald and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. From there, he wrote several novels per year and quickly. The true black voice of his generation, donald goines wrote novels that nailed the harsh realities of the urban experience deep into the psyche of todays hip hop culture, influencing major artists from jayz and 50 cent to nas and ghostface killah. Donald goines author donald goines 19361974 was a career criminal and addict who took up writing during one of his seven prison sentences. Wanting to make money through legal means and wanting to get high, by the time of his murder in 1974, he had written 16 books.
See more ideas about donald goines, books and african american writers. Goines classic novel of prison life, it has been called one of the most revealing books ever written about prison life and bigotry built into our system. This is in chronological order regency romances marriage by scandal series the earls inconvenient wife a most unsuitable earl his reluctant lady the earls scandalous wife standalone regency her counterfeit husband in the timeline, this takes place at the same time as a most unsuitable husband marriage by scandal series. In this shocking novel of a young girl alone on the streets,donald goines delves into yet another facet of the ghetto experiencethe dark,despairridden world of a black girls soul. John d macdonald was an american author of science fiction, fantasy, mystery and thriller books best known for his travis mcgee series.
Air force instead of going into his familys dry cleaning business. Black gangster mass market paperback may 1, 2007 by donald goines author. Donald goines has 23 books on goodreads with 32249 ratings. Were he alive today, donald goines would probably be welcomed at a hiphop summit. In 1974 goines published crime partners, the first book in the kenyatta series under the name al c. Between 1969 and 1974, he published sixteen novels, which are now recognized as almost unbearably authentic portraits of the roughest aspects of the black experience. In order to support his addiction, goines turned to crime, this included. George alfred henty, was a prolific english novelist and a special correspondent. See all books authored by donald goines, including whoreson. Around 1940 the family, which included older sister marie, relocated to detroit and resumed the cleaning business. Yet they are beautiful, high priced books that would make a great gift. Murray spent some time traversing the indie scene before making enough of an impact to garner the attention of audiences.
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