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Ralph Ellison: Emergence of Genius
by Jackson, Lawrence
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good in very good dust jacket. Minor edge soiling. DJ has slight wear and soiling.
- ISBN 10
- 0471354147
- ISBN 13
- 9780471354147
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
Item Price
NZ$59.48NZ$44.61
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About This Item
New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2002. First edition. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. Very good in very good dust jacket. Minor edge soiling. DJ has slight wear and soiling.. xiii, 498 p. Illustrations. Notes. Index. This biography of Ralph Ellison (1913-1994) tells the story of his life until 1953, just after INVISIBLE MAN was published. The book concentrates on Ellison's boyhood in Oklahoma and his education at Tuskegee Institute, tracking what made him into the writer of that great work.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ground Zero Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 58651
- Title
- Ralph Ellison: Emergence of Genius
- Author
- Jackson, Lawrence
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good in very good dust jacket. Minor edge soiling. DJ has slight wear and soiling.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition. First printing [stated]
- ISBN 10
- 0471354147
- ISBN 13
- 9780471354147
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons, Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2002
- Keywords
- James Baldwin, Saul Bellow, Langston Hughes, Racism, Civil Rights, Richard Wright, Ernest Hemingway, Chester Himes, Lynchings, Andre Malraux, Partisan Review, Paul Robeson, Tuskeegee, Booker T. Washington
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