Black Boy is a classic of American autobiography, a subtly crafted narrative of Richard Wright's journey from innocence to experience in the Jim Crow South. An enduring story of one young man's coming of age during a particular time and place, Black Boy remains a seminal text in our history about what it means to be a man, black, and Southern in America.
Book Details
Format
paperback
ISBN-10
0060812508
ISBN-13
9780060812508
Publication Date
Jan 1993
Item Weight
0.77 pounds
Length
7.52 inch
Width
4.25 inch
Height
1.26 inch
First Sentence
One winter morning in the long-ago, four-year-old days of my life I found myself standing before a fireplace, warming my hands over a mound of glowing coals, listening to the wind whistle past the house outside.
