Native Son

  • Native Son
    By Richard Wright

    This edition of Native Son includes an essay by Wright titled, How "Bigger" was Born, along with notes on the text. Right from the start, Bigger Thomas had been headed for jail.

  • Native Son
    By Richard Wright

    Traces the fall of a young black man in 1930s Chicago as his life loses all hope of redemption after he kills a white woman.

  • Native Son: American Poems from the Heart of Oklahoma
    By Ron Wallace

    Southern. Thunder. Behind me Memorial Day emerges grey and overcast; as I sit on my western deck to watch the slow, steady rain bathing the world touching scars, cleansing wounds that have been hard to heal. Miles away from here, ...

  • Native Son
    By Richard Wright

    Follows Bigger Thomas, a young black man who is trapped in a life of poverty in the slums of Chicago.

  • Native Son
    By J. M. Hochstetler

    . . .'---Reader Review 'For any history lover, this book is the start of a fascinating series. . .

  • Native Son: LitPlan Teacher Pack
    By Mary B. Collins

    Essentially a complete teacher's manual for the novel, this LitPlan Teacher Pack includes lesson plans and reproducible resource materials for Native Son by Richard Wright.

  • Native Son
    By Richard Bucci

    Our MAXnotes for Richard Wright's Native Son study guide includes an overall summary, character lists, explanation and discussion of the plot, overview of the work's historical context, and a biography of the author.

  • Native Son: The Emergence of a New Black Hero
    By Robert Butler

    An examination and study of the novel Native son and why it holds a singular position in American literature.

  • Native Son: Notes
    By Lola Amis

    A critical evaluation of the Richard Wright novel.

  • Native Son: The Story of Richard Wright
    By Joyce Hart

    Traces the life and achievements of the twentieth-century African American novelist, whose early life was shaped by a strict grandmother who had been a slave, an illiterate father, and a mother educated as a schoolteacher.

  • Native Son: The Biography of a Young American : a Play in Eleven Scenes to be Performed Without Intermission
    By Richard Wright, Paul Green

    Paul Green and Richard WrightAdapted from the classic novel by Richard Wright DramaCharacters: 15 male, 14 female (w/doubling)Multiple SetsThe story of Bigger Thomas, a black youth seeking his identity in...

  • Native Son
    By Richard Wright

    "Right from the start, Bigger Thomas had been head for jail.

  • Native Son: A Novel
    By Richard Wright

    It could have been for assault or petty larceny; by chance, it was for murder and rape. Native Son tells the story of this young black man caught in a downward spiral after he kills a young white woman in a brief moment of panic.

  • Native Son
    By Richard Wright, Philipps

    Widely acclaimed as one of the finest books ever written on race and class divisions in America, this powerful novel reflects the forces of poverty, injustice, and hopelessness that continue to shape out society.

  • Native Son
    By Richard Wright

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