Black Like Me
by John Howard Griffin
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0451163176
- ISBN 13
- 9780451163172
- Seller
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Stone Mountain, Georgia, 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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- books4U2day (US)
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- 857110629018
- Title
- Black Like Me
- Author
- John Howard Griffin
- Format/Binding
- Mass Market Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0451163176
- ISBN 13
- 9780451163172
- Publisher
- Signet
- Place of Publication
- E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 1961
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