Raising Fences: A Black Man's Love Story
by Datcher, Michael
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket as Issued
- Seller
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La Porte, Texas, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, USA: Putnam Publishing Group, The, 2001. BE1 - A first edition advance reading copy (ARC)/uncorrected proof/uncorrected manuscript book in very good condition with no dust jacket as issued (trade paperback). An unread, tight, clean, sound copy in light green wraps with only very minor overall shelf wear plus there is some very light surface chippin on the spine top and bottom edges. A memoir by a noted African American poet that offers a view of young black men's longing for loving, stable marriages, fatherhood, and homes in safe neighborhoods. It is about the human desire to escape cycles that deprive children of what they need most and creates empty shells of grown men and which are rooted in an American political culture which accepts obstacles in the lives of inner city poor. 297p.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Advance Reading Copy (ARC).
Synopsis
Michael Datcher is a poet and critically acclaimed journalist who has written for the Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post , and The Baltimore Sun , and has appeared as a guest analyst on numerous television and radio shows, including Nightline and Dateline . He lives in Los Angeles, where he is the director of literary programs at the World Stage Writers' Workshop.
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- Seller
- Bookmarc's
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- Seller's Inventory #
- SCW05772
- Title
- Raising Fences: A Black Man's Love Story
- Author
- Datcher, Michael
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Issued
- Publisher
- Putnam Publishing Group, The
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, USA
- Date Published
- 2001
- Keywords
- Nonfiction Non-fiction Memoir Autobiography Race Perception Race Perceptions Racism Afro American Afro Americans African American African Americans African-American African-Americans Family Relationships Man Woman Men Women Relationships Marriage Children
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography / Authors & Writers; Ethnic Studies / African Americans; Biography / Memoirs; Biography / Autobiography: A-D; Social Sciences / Racial Issues;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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