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[African-American Fiction], [Harlem] Himes, Chester. Cotton Comes To Harlem. New York: Dell Publishing Co., 1966. First Dell printing. First paperback edition. 224 pages. Tan paperback illustrated wrappers with black and red lettering. Octavo. Cotton Comes To Harlem is the sixth and best-known novel in Chester Himes's Harlem Detective series. The book follows Black detectives Grave Digger Jones and Coffin Ed as they search for $87,000 stolen from hardworking African-American families who dream of returning to Africa, escaping poverty in America. The novel's popularity led to other crime novels featuring African American cops and detectives, earning Himes a reputation as the "father of the black crime novel". The novel was adapted into a film in 1970 and a BBC 4 Radio play in 2012. Pages and covers clean and bright. In very good condition.