AMERICAN HUNGER
by Wright, Richard (1908-1960)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine in a near fine dust jacket./near fine
- Seller
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Ione, California, United States
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About This Item
New York:: Harper & Row,, (1977.). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.. First printing. Originally written in the 1940's and intended as part of Wright's great autobiography "Black Boy" this portion (which tells of his struggles in Chicago, his early days in the Communist party, and his break from them) was severed from the main autobiography before publication. Portions of this section appeared in periodicals, but this posthumous publication in the first printing of the entire book. Includes an afterword by Michael Fabre. 146 pp plus a 1 pp illustration of a page of the original manuscript.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookfever.com, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 39791
- Title
- AMERICAN HUNGER
- Author
- Wright, Richard (1908-1960)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover first edition -
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harper & Row,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- (1977.)
- Bookseller catalogs
- African American Literature;
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