The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
by Gaines, Ernest J
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Woodstock, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Dial Press, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very Good in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($6.95), lightly toned, rubbed and bumped, some creases and short tears at the edges. Brown boards, a few spots of scuffing, gold lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, foxed at the edges, clean otherwise. Gaines's fictional autobiography of Jane Pittman as she recalls her life from slavery to the civil rights movement one hundred years later. Adapted into the film of the same title starring Cicely Tyson.
Synopsis
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman is a 1971 novel by Ernest J. Gaines. The book was made into an award-winning television movie in 1973. The film holds importance as one of the first films to deal with African-American characters with depth and sympathy. It preceded the ground-breaking television miniseries Roots by four years. The story depicts the struggles of African Americans as seen through the eyes of the narrator, a woman named Jane Pittman.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Carpetbagger Books, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9738
- Title
- The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
- Author
- Gaines, Ernest J
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Dial Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1971
- Keywords
- Black Literature, African American Literature, American Literature, Modern Literature, Race, Racism, Slavery, South, Confederacy, Civil Rights Movement, Segregation, Books to Film
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
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Woodstock, Illinois
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