BLACK BOY : A Record of Childhood and Youth
by Richard Wright
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Pomona, New York, United States
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Synopsis
Black Boy (1945) is an autobiography by Richard Wright. Depicting Wright's life in great detail, the book tells the story of his troubled youth and race relations in the South. It is about the many struggles that a person of his race must go through in order to survive in the early 1900's. In the story, Richard is a non religious child who grows up in a racist world. He must overcome those struggles in order to bring himself and loved family members to the north.
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- Bookseller
- Rare Book Cellar (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 91465
- Title
- BLACK BOY : A Record of Childhood and Youth
- Author
- Richard Wright
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1945
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