Homosexuality in the ghetto"| Mama Black Widow by Iceberg Slim aka Robert Beck, First Edition, 1969 by Iceberg Slim, Robert Beck

[African American] Beck, Robert (Aka Iceberg Slim) Mama Black Widow. Los Angeles: Holloway House Publishing Co., 1969. First Edition Paperback, First Printing. 312 pages. Measures 4.25" x 7". Mama Black Widow tells the tragic story of Otis Tilson, a stunning black drag queen trapped in a cruel queer ghetto underworld. In hopes of escaping the racial bigotry and economic injustice of the South, Otis' family journeys north from their plantation to an urban promised land. Once in Chicago Otis and his brother and sisters become prisoners to a wasteland of violence, crime, prostitution and rape. This is the gut-wrenching tale of the destruction of a family and the truest portrayal of homosexuality in the ghetto ever told. Iceberg Slim was an American former pimp who later became a writer. In 1961, after serving 10 months of solitary confinement in a Cook County jail, Maupin decided he was too old for a life of pimping at the age of 42 and moved to Los Angeles to become a writer. Beck wrote several more novels, an autobiography, and a story collection. He sold over six million books before his death in 1992, making him one of the best-selling African-American writers. Excellent preowned condition. Appears to be an unread copy. There are no creases to the spine. The pages are yellowed due to age, overall in very good condition.