![]() ![]() He began writing while serving a sentence in Michigan's Jackson Penitentiary. He was sentenced to prison several times, both state and federal. He lived in several cities, including Kansas City, Missouri and Junction City, Kansas, but mostly in his native Detroit. In order to support his addiction, Goines committed crimes including pimping, larceny, robbery, illegal liquor manufacturing and theft. Adult life ĭuring his stint in the Armed Forces, Goines developed an addiction to heroin that continued after his honorable discharge in the mid-1950s. Īt age 15, Goines lied about his age to join the Air Force and fought in the Korean War. Donald was the middle child of three, and the only son. Hs mother Myrtle Goines told Goines that her family was descended from Jefferson Davis and a woman who was enslaved. His parents were a middle-class Black Catholic couple that ran a laundry business. Goines was born in Detroit, Michigan on December 15, 1936. His novels were deeply influenced by the work of Iceberg Slim. ![]() Clark Decem– October 21, 1974) was an African-American writer of urban fiction. Kenyatta series ( Crime Partners, Death List, Kenyatta's Escape, Kenyatta's Last Hit)ĭonald Goines (pseudonym: Al C. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |