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Native Son by Wright, Richard; Fisher, Dorothy Canfield - 1940

by Wright, Richard; Fisher, Dorothy Canfield

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Native Son by Wright, Richard; Fisher, Dorothy Canfield - 1940

Native Son

by Wright, Richard; Fisher, Dorothy Canfield

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  • very good
  • Hardcover
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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1940. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fine. First edition in new facsimile jacket. First state binding (navy blue cloth, not grey). A couple light white spots on rear board, pencil name on front endpaper. 1940 Hard Cover. xi, [1], 359, [1] pp. 8vo. Introduction by Dorothy Canfield Fisher. "Right from the start, Bigger Thomas had been headed for jail. It could have been for assault or petty larceny; by chance, it was for murder and rape. Native Son tells the story of this young black man caught in a downward spiral after he kills a young white woman in a brief moment of panic. Set in Chicago in the 1930s, Wright's powerful novel is an unsparing reflection on the poverty and feelings of hopelessness experienced by people in inner cities across the country and of what it means to be black in America.
  • Bookseller Yesterday's Muse Books US (US)
  • Format/Binding Hard Cover
  • Book Condition Used - Very Good
  • Jacket Condition Fine
  • Quantity Available 1
  • Edition First Edition
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher Harper & Brothers
  • Place of Publication New York
  • Date Published 1940
  • Keywords CLASSICS CLASSIC LITERATURE LITERARY NATIVE SON RICHARD WRIGHT BIGGER THOMAS JAIL CRIME MURDER RAPE NIGGER BLACK MAN WHITE RACE RACIAL ISSUES RACISM PREJUDICE DISCRIMINATION CHICAGO ILLINOIS VIOLENCE
  • X weight 22 oz

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Native Son

by Wright, Richard; Fisher, Dorothy Canfield

  • Used
  • near fine
  • Hardcover
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Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition
Near Fine
Edition
Reissue
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Hardcover
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Shelton, Connecticut: The First Edition Library, 1990. Reissue. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8x5x1. A facsimile reproduction of the original edition. Includes publisher's slipcase and insert. Tiny closed tear on rear jacket edge, jacket spine a bit faded. 1990 Hard Cover. xi, 359 pp. Introduction by Dorothy Canfield Fisher. Right from the start, Bigger Thomas had been headed for jail. It could have been for assault or petty larceny; by chance, it was for murder and rape. Native Son tells the story of this young black man caught in a downward spiral after he kills a young white woman in a brief moment of panic. Set in Chicago in the 1930s, Richard Wright's powerful novel is an unsparing reflection on the poverty and feelings of hopelessness experienced by people in inner cities across the country and of what it means to be black in America.
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