Black Like Me: 50th Anniversary Edition
by John Howard Griffin
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- New
- ISBN 10
- 0916727688
- ISBN 13
- 9780916727680
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John Howard Griffin (1920-1980) is known internationally as the author of two novels, Nuni and The Devil Rides Outside , five books and monographs on racism in addition to Black Like Me , a biography of Thomas Merton , three collections of photography, a volume of journals, two historical works on Texas, a musicological study, and The John Howard Reader . Born in Dallas, Texas, and educated in France, he served in the U.S. Air Force in the South Pacific, where an injury he received during a Japanese bombardment eventually resulted in the complete loss of his sight. In the 1950's he converted to Catholicism, married, and raised a family. In 1957, (after ten years of blindness) he miraculously regained his sight.
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- The Saint Bookstore (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- A9780916727680
- Title
- Black Like Me: 50th Anniversary Edition
- Author
- John Howard Griffin
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- New New
- Quantity Available
- 4
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0916727688
- ISBN 13
- 9780916727680
- Publisher
- Wings Press
- Place of Publication
- San Antonio, Tx
- This edition first published
- 2011-09
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