Black Boy A Record of Childhood and Youth Richard Wright 1945

This Harper & edition of "Black Boy A Record of Childhood and Youth" by Richard Wright, published in 1945, is an enlightening read for all genders. It's a provocative exploration of Wright's early life in the South. • Harper & edition • "Black Boy A Record of Childhood and Youth" title • Written by Richard Wright • Published in 1945 • Suitable for all readers Features: • An autobiography measures the raw brutality of the Jim Crow South against the sheer desperate will it took to survive as a black boy. Enduring poverty, hunger, fear, abuse, and hatred while growing up in the woods of Mississippi, Wright lied, stole, and raged at those around him—whites indifferent, pitying, or cruel and blacks resentful of anyone trying to rise above their circumstances. Desperate for a different way of life, he made his way north, eventually arriving in Chicago, where he forged a new path and began his career as a writer. At the end of Black Boy, Wright sits poised with pencil in hand, determined to “hurl words into this darkness and wait for an echo.” More than seventy-five year later, his words continue to reverberate. “To read Black Boy is to stare into the heart of darkness,” John Edgar Wideman writes in his foreword. “Not the dark heart Conrad searched for in Congo jungles but the beating heart I bear.” Condition: Pre-Owned Good Good with no writing or highlighting. Please see all pictures up close for accurate description and condition. On used books, all supplemental material