Richard Wright
Author
Publisher
Harper Perennial Modern Classics
Pub. Date
2008.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xiii, 812, 32 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
An impassioned chronicle of the author's trip to Africa's Gold Coast before it became the free nation of Ghana, it speaks eloquently of empowerment and possibility, and resonates loudly to this day.
Author
Publisher
Millbrook Press, a division of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 28 cm
Language
English
Description
From watching a sunset to finding a beetle, Richard Wright's haiku puts everyday moments into focus. Paired with the photo-collage artwork of Nina Crews, Seeing into Tomorrow celebrates the lives of contemporary African American boys.
Author
Language
English
Description
The author grew up in the woods of Mississippi amid poverty, hunger, fear, and hatred. He lied, stole, and raged at those around him; at six he was a "drunkard", hanging about in taverns. Surly, brutal, cold, suspicious, and self-pitying, he was surrounded on one side by whites who were either indifferent to him, pitying, or cruel, and on the other side by blacks who resented anyone trying to rise above the common law. This is the author's powerful...
4) The outsider
Author
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Pub. Date
2008.
Edition
First Harper Perennial Modern Classics edition.
Physical Desc
xxxi, 597, 38 pages : portrait ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Cross Damon is a man at odds with society and with himself, a man who hungers for peace but who brings terror and destruction wherever he goes.
12) Eight men
Author
Publisher
HarperPerennial
Pub. Date
1996.
Edition
First HarperPerennial edition.
Physical Desc
xxi, 242 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
13) The long dream
Author
Publisher
Chatham Bookseller
Pub. Date
1969.
Physical Desc
384 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
15) Lawd today
Author
Publisher
Walker
Pub. Date
[1963]
Physical Desc
189 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English