| Black Boy Contributor(s): Wright, Richard (Author), Wideman, John Edgar (Foreword by), Wright, Malcolm (Afterword by) |
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ISBN: 0061130249 ISBN-13: 9780061130243 Publisher: Harper Perennial OUR PRICE: $15.29 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2007 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: An enduring story of one young man's coming off age during a particular time and place, "Black Boy" remains a seminal text in history about what it means to be a man, black, and Southern in America. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional - General - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2007279724 |
| Lexile Measure: 950 |
| Series: P.S. |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 5.3" W x 8" (0.75 lbs) 448 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Catalog Heading - Biographies - Curriculum Strand - Biographies |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 12777 Reading Level: 7.4 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 22.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Richard Wright 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 by blacks who resented anyone trying to rise above the common lot. "Black Boy" is Richard Wright's powerful account of his journey from innocence to experience in the Jim Crow South. It is at once an unashamed confession and a profound indictment--a poignant and disturbing record of social injustice and human suffering. |
Contributor Bio(s): Wright, Richard: - Richard Wright won international renown for his powerful and visceral depiction of the black experience. He stands today alongside such African-American luminaries as Zora Neale Hurston, James Baldwin, and Toni Morrison, and two of his novels, Native Son and Black Boy, are required reading in high schools and colleges across the nation. He died in 1960. |