Black Boy: A Record of Childhood and Youth Tapa dura - 2005

Harper. Used - Acceptable. <<<<EX-LIBRARY COPY>>>> hardcover The item is fairly worn but still readable. Signs of wear include aesthetic issues such as scratches, worn covers, damaged binding. The item may have identifying markings on it or show other signs of previous use. May have page creases, creased spine, bent cover or markings inside. Packed with care, shipped promptly.

Harper, 2005-11-29. Hardcover. Very good. 6.25x1.25x9.0. A special 75th anniversary edition of Richard Wright's powerful and unforgettable memoir, with a new foreword by John Edgar Wideman and an afterword by Malcolm Wright, the author’s grandson.When it exploded onto the literary scene in 1945, Black Boy was both praised and condemned. Orville Prescott of the New York Times wrote that “if enough such books are written, if enough millions of people read them maybe, someday, in the fullness of time, there will be a greater understanding and a more true democracy.” Yet from 1975 to 1978, Black Boy was banned in schools throughout the United States for “obscenity” and “instigating hatred between the races.”Wright’s once controversial, now celebrated autobiography measures the raw brutality of the Jim Crow South against the sheer desperate will it took to survive as a black boy. Enduring poverty, hunger, fear, abuse, and hatred while growing up in the woods of Mississippi, Wright lied,… Leer más

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HarperCollins, 2005-12-01. Hardcover. Used: Good.

UsedVeryGood. Binding is unblemished, text block is clean, boards straight, without highlights or markings. Mild rubbing/chipping to dust wrapper edges. Very clean, nearly like new. Well packaged and promptly shipped from California. Partnered with Friends of the Library since 2010.

Harper Collins Publishers, New York, NY, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Missing Dust jacket, Light shelf and corner wear, Highlighting, Binding is in good sturdy condition. 419 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN: 0060834005. ISBN/EAN: 9780060834005. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1561016185. . 9780060834005

Harper Collins Publishers, New York, NY, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Missing Dust jacket, Light shelf and corner wear, Text appears clean, Binding is in good sturdy condition. 419 pages. Multiple copies available this title. Quantity Available: 9. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN: 0060834005. ISBN/EAN: 9780060834005. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1561016184. . 9780060834005

New York: Harper. 2005. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. 0060834005 . Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Remainder mark on bottom of text block. Slight foxing on rear panel. ; 9.1 X 5.9 X 1.6 inches; 432 pages .

Harper, 2005-11-29. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!