Death at an Early Age: The Destruction of the Hearts and Minds of Negro Children in the Boston Public Schools
by Kozol, Jonathan
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Fair
- Seller
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Stone Mountain, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Octavo. Hardcover with color illustrated dust jacket in book jacket wrap. xiii, 240 pages. Gift inscription on the half-title page. Jacket is shelf worn, creased, and foxed on the edges. Dust jacket in fair condition only. Hardcover contents are clean and in very good condition.
Synopsis
In this National Book Award-winning book, Kozol unflinchingly exposes the disturbing "destruction of hearts and minds in the Boston public school." A new Epilogue assesses the last 20 years of the educational system.
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- Bookseller
- Americana Books ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29580
- Title
- Death at an Early Age: The Destruction of the Hearts and Minds of Negro Children in the Boston Public Schools
- Author
- Kozol, Jonathan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1967
- Keywords
- Education
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- Fair
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