Publication

2000-08-17 - Vintage

Word Count

68,000 words, Guess

Page Count

272 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100099285061
  • ISBN-139780099285069
  • Goodreads1002802
  • LibraryThing2504249
  • Better World Books9780099285069
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Classifications

  • LCCPS3545.R815

Description

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.

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.

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