Wright, Richard, 1908-1960.

Native son / by Richard Wright ; with an introduction, "How 'Bigger' was born," by the author ; afterword by John Reilly. - New York : Perennial Library, 1987, c1968. - xxxiv, [5]-398 p. ; 18 cm.

"First Perennial Library edition published 1966. Reissued in 1987"--Verso of t.p. "P855"--Cover.

Bibliography: p. 397-398.

Wilson's Senior High School Wilson's Fiction

Trapped in the poverty-stricken ghetto of Chicago's South Side, a young black man finds release only in acts of violence.

Young Adult

0060808551 (pbk.) : $4.95

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Afro-American men--Fiction.
Thomas, Bigger (Fictitious character)--Fiction.
African Americans--Fiction.
Thomas, Bigger (Fictitious character)--Fiction.
Homicide--Fiction.
Bildungsromans.


Chicago (Ill.)--Fiction.
Chicago (Ill.)--Fiction.


Bildungsromane.

PS3545.R815 / N25 1987

813/.52