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An edition of Black Boy (1945)

Black Boy

Abridged edition

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  • ★★★★ 4.0 (19 ratings)
  • 224 Want to read
  • 17 Currently reading
  • 22 Have read

Black Boy is a classic of American autobiography, a subtly crafted narrative of Richard Wright's journey from innocence to experience in the Jim Crow South. An enduring story of one young man's coming of age during a particular time and place, Black Boy remains a seminal text in our history about what it means to be a man, black, and Southern in America.

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HarperCollins Publishers
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English

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Social life and customs African American authors Biographies African Americans Écrivains américains Childhood and youth Biography Youth American Authors Segregation Homes and haunts Social conditions African American families Afro-Americans African American novelists American fiction Long Now Manual for Civilization Homes African American Studies SOCIAL SCIENCE Ethnic Studies BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Cultural Heritage Discrimination & Race Relations Reading Level-Grade 11 Reading Level-Grade 12 Nonfiction Blacks African American American fiction (fictional works by one author) Wright, richard, 1908-1960 Authors, biography African americans, biography Mississippi, social life and customs African americans, mississippi African americans, social life and customs Authors, american National Black Family Month Fiction, general

People

Richard Wright (1908-1960)

Places

Mississippi Southern States

Times

20th century

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Black Boy
2020, HarperPerennial Modern Classics
in English
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Black boy: (American hunger) : a record of childhood and youth
2006, HarperPerennial/Modern Classics, HarperPerennial ModernClassics
in English - 1st Harper Perennial Modern Classics ed.
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Black Boy
2001, Perennial Classics
in English
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Black Boy
2001, Turtleback
Library Binding in English
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Black boy: a record of childhood and youth
1993, Picador
in English
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Black Boy
August 1, 1989, HarperCollins Publishers
Audio cassette in English - Abridged edition
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Black Boy
1977, Caedmon
in English
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Black Boy (Imprint Books)
October 1970, Longman
Paperback in English
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Black Boy
1966, Harper & Row Publishers
in English
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Black boy: a record of childhood and youth
1946, Gollancz
in English
Cover of: Black boy
Black boy: a record of childhood and youth
1945, Harper & brothers
in English

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ABRIDGED

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Format
Audio cassette
Dimensions
7.1 x 4.6 x 0.8 inches
Weight
5 ounces

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL9778034M
ISBN 10
0898459176
ISBN 13
9780898459173
Goodreads
1403750

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OL275946W

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One winter morning in the long-ago, four-year-old days of my life I found myself standing before a fireplace, warming my hands over a mound of glowing coals, listening to the wind whistle past the house outside.
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