The Street Paperback - 1998
by Ann Petry
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
THE STREET tells the poignant, often heartbreaking story of Lutie Johnson, a young black woman, and her spirited struggle to raise her son amid the violence, poverty, and racial dissonance of Harlem in the late 1940s. Originally published in 1946 and hailed by critics as a masterwork, The Street was Ann Petry's first novel, a beloved bestseller with more than a million copies in print. Its haunting tale still resonates today.
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Details
- Title The Street
- Author Ann Petry
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: first
- Condition Used - Very Good
- Pages 448
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, New York, NY
- Date 1998
- Bookseller's Inventory # G0395901499I4N10
- ISBN 9780395901496 / 0395901499
- Weight 0.65 lbs (0.29 kg)
- Dimensions 8.25 x 5.5 x 1.09 in (20.96 x 13.97 x 2.77 cm)
- Ages 14 to UP years
- Grade levels 9 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects Domestic fiction, Mothers and sons
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 90019880
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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Summary
THE STREET tells the poignant, often heartbreaking story of Lutie Johnson, a young black woman, and her spirited struggle to raise her son amid the violence, poverty, and racial dissonance of Harlem in the late 1940s. Originally published in 1946 and hailed by critics as a masterwork, The Street was Ann Petry's first novel, a beloved bestseller with more than a million copies in print. Its haunting tale still resonates today.
First Edition Identification
The first edition of The Street by Ann Petry was published by Houghton Mifflin in 1946. The dust jacket has a price of $2.50. The back of the dust jacket has the author's bio and a small photograph. The light grey cloth boards have a stamped illustration of a Harlem street scene on the front and back.
