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Shelton, Connecticut: The First Edition Library, 1990. Reissue. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8x5x1. A facsimile reproduction of the original edition. Includes publisher's slipcase and insert. Tiny closed tear on rear jacket edge, jacket spine a bit faded. 1990 Hard Cover. xi, 359 pp. Introduction by Dorothy Canfield Fisher. Right from the start, Bigger Thomas had been headed for jail. It could have been for assault or petty larceny; by chance, it was for murder and rape. Native Son tells the story of this young black man caught in a downward spiral after he kills a young white woman in a brief moment of panic. Set in Chicago in the 1930s, Richard Wright's powerful novel is an unsparing reflection on the poverty and feelings of hopelessness experienced by people in inner cities across the country and of what it means to be black in America.
Native Son by Wright, Richard; Fisher, Dorothy Canfield - 1940
by Wright, Richard; Fisher, Dorothy Canfield
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Native Son
by Wright, Richard; Fisher, Dorothy Canfield
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Harper & Brothers, 1940. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fine. First edition, first state (navy blue cloth, not grey). Includes new facsimile dust jacket. Minor wear to corners, front free endpaper removed, rear endpaper just beginning to split along hinge, but binding holding tightly. 1940 Hard Cover. xi, [1], 359, [1] pp. 8vo. Introduction by Dorothy Canfield Fisher. "Right from the start, Bigger Thomas had been headed for jail. It could have been for assault or petty larceny; by chance, it was for murder and rape. Native Son tells the story of this young black man caught in a downward spiral after he kills a young white woman in a brief moment of panic. Set in Chicago in the 1930s, Wright's powerful novel is an unsparing reflection on the poverty and feelings of hopelessness experienced by people in inner cities across the country and of what it means to be black in America.
- Bookseller Yesterday's Muse Books (US)
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- Book Condition Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition Fine
- Edition First Edition
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher Harper & Brothers
- Date Published 1940
- Keywords CLASSICS CLASSIC LITERATURE LITERARY NATIVE SON RICHARD WRIGHT BIGGER THOMAS JAIL CRIME MURDER RAPE NIGGER BLACK MAN WHITE RACE RACIAL ISSUES RACISM PREJUDICE DISCRIMINATION CHICAGO ILLINOIS VIOLENCE
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by Wright, Richard; Fisher, Dorothy Canfield
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