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The Resource Black boy : (American hunger) : a record of childhood and youth, Richard Wright ; foreword by John Edgar Wideman ; afterword by Malcolm Wright

Black boy : (American hunger) : a record of childhood and youth, Richard Wright ; foreword by John Edgar Wideman ; afterword by Malcolm Wright

Label
Black boy : (American hunger) : a record of childhood and youth
Title
Black boy
Title remainder
(American hunger) : a record of childhood and youth
Statement of responsibility
Richard Wright ; foreword by John Edgar Wideman ; afterword by Malcolm Wright
Creator
Contributor
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
The author grew up in the woods of Mississippi amid poverty, hunger, fear, and hatred. He lied, stole, and raged at those around him; at six he was a "drunkard", hanging about in taverns. Surly, brutal, cold, suspicious, and self-pitying, he was surrounded on one side by whites who were either indifferent to him, pitying, or cruel, and on the other side by blacks who resented anyone trying to rise above the common law. This is the author's powerful account of his journey from innocence to experience in the Jim Crow South. It is an unashamed confession and a profound indictment, a poignant and disturbing record of social injustice and human suffering
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Biography type
autobiography
Cataloging source
TOH
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1908-1960
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Wright, Richard
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Literary form
non fiction
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  • Wideman, John Edgar
  • Wright, Malcolm
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  • Wright, Richard
  • Wright, Richard
  • Authors, American
  • Authors, American
  • African American authors
  • African Americans
  • Mississippi
  • Mississippi
  • Wright, Richard
  • African American authors
  • African Americans
  • Authors, American
  • Authors, American
  • Homes
  • Social conditions
  • Mississippi
Label
Black boy : (American hunger) : a record of childhood and youth, Richard Wright ; foreword by John Edgar Wideman ; afterword by Malcolm Wright
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Publication
Copyright
Note
  • "The restored text established by the Library of America."
  • "... originally published in 1945 by Harper & Brothers ... The text as restored by the Library of America was published in 1991 in a volume entitled Richard Wright: Later works that also included The Outsider" -- Title page verso
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
on1134528444
Dimensions
21 cm.
Edition
75th anniversary edition.
Extent
xvi, 425, 16 pages
Isbn
9780062964137
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)1134528444
Label
Black boy : (American hunger) : a record of childhood and youth, Richard Wright ; foreword by John Edgar Wideman ; afterword by Malcolm Wright
Publication
Copyright
Note
  • "The restored text established by the Library of America."
  • "... originally published in 1945 by Harper & Brothers ... The text as restored by the Library of America was published in 1991 in a volume entitled Richard Wright: Later works that also included The Outsider" -- Title page verso
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
on1134528444
Dimensions
21 cm.
Edition
75th anniversary edition.
Extent
xvi, 425, 16 pages
Isbn
9780062964137
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)1134528444

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