Black Boy: A Record of Childhood and Youth
- ISBN-10
- 0060834005
- ISBN-13
- 9780060834005
- Series
- Black Boy
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 419
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005-11-29
- Publisher
- Harper Collins
- Author
- Richard Wright
Description
Traces the author's coming of age in the Jim Crow-era South, a period during which he struggled to survive while journeying from innocence to adulthood.
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