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Black boy : (American hunger) : a record of childhood and youth /

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 ei...

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Main Author: Wright, Richard, 1908-1960 (Author)
Other Authors: Wideman, John Edgar (author of foreword.), Wright, Malcolm (author of afterword.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : HarperPerennial Modern Classics, 2020.
Edition:75th anniversary edition.
Subjects:
Wright, Richard, > 1908-1960 > Childhood and youth.
Wright, Richard, > 1908-1960 > Homes and haunts > Mississippi.
Authors, American > Homes and haunts > Mississippi.
Authors, American > 20th century > Biography.
African American authors > Biography.
African Americans > Mississippi > Social life and customs.
Mississippi > Social conditions.
Mississippi > Biography.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / African American & Black.
Wright, Richard, > 1908-1960.
African American authors.
African Americans > Social life and customs.
Authors, American.
Authors, American > Homes and haunts.
Homes.
Social conditions.
Mississippi.
1900-1999
Autobiographies.
Biographies.

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Call Number: PS3545.R815 Z96 2020
 
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