Black boy : (American hunger) : a record of childhood and youth
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Published
New York : HarperPerennial ModernClassics, 2006.
Format
Book
Edition
1st Harper Perennial Modern Classics ed.
Physical Desc
xiv, 419, 14 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Status
Main Library - Adult
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Published
New York : HarperPerennial ModernClassics, 2006.
Edition
1st Harper Perennial Modern Classics ed.
Language
English
Lexile measure
950
Notes
General Note
"The restored text, established by the Library of America."
General Note
"Originally published in 1945 by Harper & Brothers ... The text as restored by the Library of America was published in 1991 ... First HarperPerennial edition published 1993"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 409-419).
Description
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.
Target Audience
950L,Lexile
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Subjects
LC Subjects
African American authors -- Biography.
African Americans -- Mississippi -- Social life and customs.
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
Authors, American -- Homes and haunts -- Mississippi.
Autobiographies.
Mississippi -- Biography.
Mississippi -- Social conditions.
Wright, Richard, -- 1908-1960 -- Childhood and youth.
Wright, Richard, -- 1908-1960 -- Homes and haunts -- Mississippi.
African Americans -- Mississippi -- Social life and customs.
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
Authors, American -- Homes and haunts -- Mississippi.
Autobiographies.
Mississippi -- Biography.
Mississippi -- Social conditions.
Wright, Richard, -- 1908-1960 -- Childhood and youth.
Wright, Richard, -- 1908-1960 -- Homes and haunts -- Mississippi.