Notes Of a Native Son
by Baldwin, James
Notes of a Native Son is a non-fiction book by James Baldwin. It was Baldwin's first non-fiction book, and was published in 1955. The volume collects ten of Baldwin's essays, which had previously appeared in such magazines as Harper's Magazine, Partisan Review, and The New Leader. The essays mostly tackle issues of race in America and Europe.
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Notes Of A Native Son
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Notes of a Native Son
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Notes of a Native Son
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Notes of a Native Son
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NOTES OF A NATIVE SON
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Boston: Beacon Press, 1968. Trade Paperback. Good/Very Good/No Jacket. Type: Book In these essays, Baldwin's brilliant, cryptic, penetrating thoughts concern themselves with a man's color and how he is forced to react to it because we have made it important in our social fabric. Minor wear to corners and edges.
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Notes Of a Native Son
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Notes of a Native Son
by James Baldwin
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Notes of a Native Son
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Notes of a Native Son
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Notes of a Native Son
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Notes of a Native Son
by Baldwin, James
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Notes of a Native Son
by Baldwin, James
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London, England: Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers Ltd, 1970. 2nd Edition 2nd Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 149pp. Prev owner name inked on half-title page. Illustrated wrapper is clean, showing light surface scuff, small bumping to top front corner. Binding square and sound, showing very soft creasing,… Read more
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Notes of a Native Son
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Notes of a native son
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Notes of a Native Son
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Notes of a Native Son
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Notes of a Native Son
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Since its original publication in 1955, this first nonfiction collection of essays by James Baldwin remains an American classic. His impassioned essays on life in Harlem, the protest novel, movies, and African Americans abroad are as… Read more
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