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Black boy : a record of childhood and youth (Record no. 82085)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 0099285061
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Wright, Richard
245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Black boy : a record of childhood and youth
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc. London
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Vintage
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2000
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 262 p. ; 20 cm.
490 ## - SERIES STATEMENT
Series statement Vintage classics
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. At four years old, Richard Wright set fire to his home in a moment of boredom; at five his father deserted the family; by six Richard was - temporarily - an alcoholic. Moved from home to home, from brick tenement to orphanage, a grandmother in Jackson, an aunt in Arkansas, he had had, by the age of twelve, only one year's formal education. It was in saloons, railroad yards and streets that he learned the facts about life under white subjection, about fear, hunger and hatred, while his mother's long illness taught him about suffering. The same alertness and independence that made him the 'bad boy' of his family and the victim of endless beatings also lost him numerous jobs. Gradually he learned to play Jim Crow in order to survive in a world of white hostility, secretly satisfying his craving for books and knowledge until the time came when he could follow his dream of justice and opportunity in the north.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element AUTOBIOGRAPHY
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element RACE
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element RACISM
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element AFRICAN AMERICANS
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