Black boy : (American hunger) : a record of childhood and youth /
American hunger
Richard Wright ; with an introduction by Jerry W. Ward, Jr.
- 1st Perennial Classics ed.
- New York : Perennial Classics, 1998.
- xix, 419 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
"The restored text, established by the Library of America." "Originally published in 1945 by Harper & Brothers ... The text as restored by the Library of America was published in 1991 ... First HarperPerennial edition published 1993"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references.
The author relates his life as an African American growing up in the South during the Jim Crow years.
0060929782 (pbk.)
98028840
Wright, Richard, 1908-1960 --Childhood and youth. Wright, Richard, 1908-1960 --Homes and haunts--Mississippi.
Englischliteratur Topic Black Americans Autobiography biography Childhood Youth USA Blacks Social life and customs Social life and customs Afro-Americans Mississippi Twenties Century African Americans--Social life and customs.--Mississippi Authors, American--Homes and haunts--Mississippi. Authors, American--20th century--Biography. African American authors--Biography.