Poet-Playwright Directs a Survey of National Minorities in Europe and the Soviet Union

by Langston Hughes

$300 · Offered by Biblioctopus

New York: Edutravel, c1937. A 4” x 9” brochure advertising Langston Hughes’ planned trip to the Soviet Union in the summer of 1937. The trip never occurred, as Hughes had directed his attention to reporting on the Spanish Civil War. The planned 2 month trip was set to be a sociological learning experience guided by Hughes in an attempt to spread leftist ideals in the face of fascistic powers rising in western Europe. Near fine. Item #1180

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