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The bulk of this series consists of clippings of reviews of Himes's second novel, Lonely Crusade. Although sales of the book in the United States did not reflect this, when Lonely Crusade was first released it caused a considerable amount of controversy. As a result, a large number of book reviews were published in major newspapers such as The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Cleveland Plain Dealer and The New York Postas well as in smaller African American newspapers and magazines such as The Chicago Defender and The Crisis. The series also includes reviews by major figures in the literary and journalism world during the mid-twentieth century including Arna Bontemps, James Baldwin, Guy Savino, William Targ and Willard Motley. Some of the clippings also discuss Himes's life, his work and his travels in Europe.