| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
928.1 Wri |
| Item number |
15 |
| 092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC) |
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| Classification number |
928.1 Wri |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Wright, Richard |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Black boy: |
| Remainder of title |
A Record of Childhood and Youth / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Richard Wright |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
World Publishing Co. |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
1945 |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
Cleveland |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
228 p. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
Richard Wright grew up in the woods of Mississippi amid poverty, hunger, fear, and hatred. He lied, stole, and raged at those around him; at six he was a "drunkard," hanging about in taverns. Surly, brutal, cold, suspicious, and self-pitying, he was surrounded on one side by whites who were either indifferent to him, pitying, or cruel, and on the other by blacks who resented anyone trying to rise above the common lot.
Black Boy is Richard Wright's powerful account of his journey from innocence to experience in the Jim Crow South. It is at once an unashamed confession and a profound indictment—a poignant and disturbing record of social injustice and human suffering. |
| 546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE |
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| Information code or alphabet |
43561 |
| 600 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Wright, Richard |
| Dates associated with a name |
1908-1960 |
| Title of a work |
Childhood and youth |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
African American authors |
| Source of heading or term |
Childhood and youth |
| Chronological subdivision |
20th century |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Koha item type |
900 - 999 |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
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