Native son / by Richard Wright.

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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 C...

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Main Author: Wright, Richard, 1908-1960
Language:English
Published: New York ; London : Harper & Bros., 1940.
Subjects:
Thomas, Bigger (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
African American men > Fiction.
Death row inmates > Fiction.
Trials (Murder) > Fiction.
Murderers > Fiction.
Chicago (Ill.) > Fiction.
Genre:
Fiction.
Local Note:
LM copy 1 from the library of Hon. Seymour Howe Person.
MSU: Copy 2 in dust jacket.
Physical Description:xi, 359 pages ; 21 cm
Format: Book

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