NMLP P-040598 · Point of issue · minted 2026-07-19

For Love of Imabelle (A Rage in Harlem)

Chester Himes · Fawcett Gold Medal (Greenwich, Conn. / New York) — paperback original · 1957

This is Himes's first crime novel and the first appearance of Coffin Ed Johnson and Grave Digger Jones

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New Mexico Literacy Project — Point of issue NMLP P-040598 for "For Love of Imabelle (A Rage in Harlem)" by Chester Himes (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-040598, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).