World of Shaft: A Complete Guide to the Novels, Comic Strip, Films and Television Series

Mention Shaft and most people think of Gordon Parks' seminal 1971 film starring Richard Roundtree in a leather coat, walking the streets of Manhattan. But Shaft actually made his debut on the printed page as the creation of a white novelist, Ernest Tidyman. Based on extensive research of Tidyman's personal papers, this book tells the story of Shaft from the perspective of his creator.