Black Like Me
by GRIFFIN, John Howard
- Used
- Condition
- Good. Some creasing and chipping to wraps, a slight lean to spine, and page 35 is dog-eared.
- Seller
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Dodge Center, Minnesota, United States
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Synopsis
John Howard Griffin (1920-1980) is known internationally as the author of two novels, Nuni and The Devil Rides Outside , five books and monographs on racism in addition to Black Like Me , a biography of Thomas Merton , three collections of photography, a volume of journals, two historical works on Texas, a musicological study, and The John Howard Reader . Born in Dallas, Texas, and educated in France, he served in the U.S. Air Force in the South Pacific, where an injury he received during a Japanese bombardment eventually resulted in the complete loss of his sight. In the 1950's he converted to Catholicism, married, and raised a family. In 1957, (after ten years of blindness) he miraculously regained his sight.
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- Bookseller
- R. M. Dreier, Bookaneer (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 153
- Title
- Black Like Me
- Author
- GRIFFIN, John Howard
- Format/Binding
- MMPB, Pictorial wraps
- Book Condition
- Used - Good. Some creasing and chipping to wraps, a slight lean to spine, and page 35 is dog-eared.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 41st Big Printing!
- Publisher
- Signet New American Library
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Keywords
- Jim Crow, Segregation, racism, African American experience, John Howard Griffin
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