Black boy : (American hunger) : a record of childhood and youth /

Black boy : (American hunger) : a record of childhood and youth / Richard Wright ; foreword by Edward P. Jones.

This book is Richard Wright's devastating autobiography of his childhood and youth in the Jim Crow South. His training by his elders was strict and harsh to prepare him for the cruel "white world". His elders' resentment of those trying to escape their common misery made his futu...

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Main Author: Wright, Richard, 1908-1960.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : HarperCollinsPublishers, 2005.
Edition:60th anniversary edition, first edition.
Subjects:
Wright, Richard, > 1908-1960 > Childhood and youth.
Wright, Richard, > 1908-1960 > Homes and haunts > Mississippi.
African Americans > Mississippi > Social life and customs.
Authors, American > Homes and haunts > Mississippi.
Authors, American > 20th century > Biography.
African American authors > Biography.
Mississippi > Social conditions.
Mississippi > Biography.

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Call Number: PS3545.R815 Z96 2005
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