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Wright, Richard, 1908-1960.

Black boy : a record of childhood and youth / Richard Wright. - London : Vintage, 2000. - 262 p. ; 20 cm. - Vintage classics .

Originally published: London: Gollancz, 1946.

Moved from home to home, from brick tenement to orphanage, Richard Wright had had, by the age of 12, only one year's formal education. Gradually he learned how to survive in a world of white hostility, secretly satisfying his craving for books.

ISBN: 9780099285069 (pbk.) : �7.99

Subjects--Personal Names:
Wright, Richard, 1908-1960 --Childhood and youth.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
African American novelists--Biography.
African Americans--Southern States--Biography.
Novelists, American--20th century--Biography.
Biography.

LC Class. No.: PS3545.R815

Dewey Class. No.: 813.52