Wright, Richard,  1908-1960. <br/><br/>
Black boy :  (American hunger) : a record of childhood and youth / 
 American hunger. 
Richard Wright ; with a foreword by Edward P. Jones. 
 - 1st Harper Perennial Modern Classics ed. 
 - New York :  HarperPerennial/Modern Classics,  2006. 
 - xiv, 419, 14 p. :  port. ;  21 cm. 
<br/><br/> "The restored text, established by the Library of America."  "Originally published in 1945 by Harper & Brothers ... The text as restored by the Library of America was published in 1991 ... First HarperPerennial edition published 1993"--T.p. verso. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [409]-419). 
<br/><br/> Black Boy is a firsthand account of what it was like to come of age in the Jim Crow South. Richard Wright's story is an emotional journey through violence, abandonment, neglect, and hunger, as well as blatant racial discrimination<br/> 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780061130243 (sc) 0061443085 (pbk) 9780061443084 (pbk) 0061130249 (sc) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Wright, Richard, 1908-1960 --Homes and haunts--Mississippi.<br/>Wright, Richard, 1908-1960 --Childhood and youth.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Authors, American--Homes and haunts--Mississippi.<br/>Authors, American--20th century--Biography.<br/>African American authors--Biography.<br/>African Americans--Social life and customs.--Mississippi
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Mississippi--Social conditions.<br/>Mississippi--Biography.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>B