Black Like Me
by John Howard Griffin
- Used
- Acceptable
- Paperback
- Condition
- Acceptable
- ISBN 10
- 0451208641
- ISBN 13
- 9780451208644
- Seller
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Kingwood, Texas, United States
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Synopsis
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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- Bookseller
- Orion LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0451208641-4-18590304
- Title
- Black Like Me
- Author
- John Howard Griffin
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0451208641
- ISBN 13
- 9780451208644
- Publisher
- NAL Trade
- Place of Publication
- E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 2003-05-06
- Size
- 5x0x8
- X weight
- 7 oz
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