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I PASSED FOR WHITE by Lee, Reba as told to Mary Hastings Bradley - 1955

by Lee, Reba as told to Mary Hastings Bradley

I PASSED FOR WHITE by Lee, Reba as told to Mary Hastings Bradley - 1955

I PASSED FOR WHITE

by Lee, Reba as told to Mary Hastings Bradley

  • Used
  • very good
  • Hardcover
  • first
New York: Longmans, Green and Co, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. The pseudonymous Reba Lee relates the "tragic mulatto" tale of running away from her Chicago home for New York where she successfully passes herself as a white woman. After marrying a wealthy man, she manages to mitigate the strain of a life of constant lying until a pregnancy and the fear of giving birth to a dark-skinned child expose her secret. This book served as the basis for a 1960 film directed and adapted for the screen by Fred M. Wilcox, with Sonya Wilde and James Franciscus in the starring roles. Octavo. Original patterned cloth-covered boards over a black cloth spine, with silver titles. Some general shelfwear to the dust jacket, which is lightly faded along the spine; else very good.
  • Bookseller Independent bookstores US (US)
  • Format/Binding Hardcover
  • Book Condition Used - Very good
  • Jacket Condition Very good
  • Quantity Available 1
  • Edition First Edition
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher Longmans, Green and Co
  • Place of Publication New York
  • Date Published 1955
  • Keywords Ethnic Studies, African American, Americana, Chicago, New York, Books into Films, Black Studies