Go Tell It On The Mountain book Murray Lerner visited the annual

Murray Lerner visited the annual Newport Folk Festival to document a thriving

Illuminations

" "If I Was the Priest

featuring the original cover illustration by Elmer Hader and specially designed endpapers by Michael Schwab

" the nearly 17-minute epic "Murder Most Foul" and "False Prophet

Go Tell It On The Mountain book Murray Lerner visited the annualThis haunting coming of age story, based in part on James Baldwins childhood in Harlem, is an American classic. Originally published in 1953, Go Tell It on the Mountain was Baldwins first major work. With a potent combination of lyrical compassion and resonant rage, he portrays a fourteen year old boy questioning the terms of his identity. John Grimes is the stepson of a fire breathing and abusive Pentecostal preacher in Harlem during the Depression.