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Book

Notes of a native son

Call Number

  • 305.896 B1816B (CEN, OSH)

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Edition

Revised ed.

Publication Information

Boston : Beacon Press, c2012.

Physical Description

xxiv, 179 p. ; 23 cm.

Summary

The author shares his views of black thought and the conditions of black life in America during the 1940's and early 1950's.

Contents

  • Introduction / Acknowledgments
  • Preface to the 1984 Edition
  • Autobiographical Notes
  • Part 1. Everybody's Protest Novel
  • Many Thousands Gone
  • Carmen Jones: The Dark Is Light Enough
  • Part 2. The Harlem Ghetto
  • Journey to Atlanta
  • Notes of a Native Son
  • Part 3. Encounter on the Seine: Black Meets Brown
  • A Question of Identity
  • Equal in Paris
  • Stranger in the Village.

Subjects

Added Authors

Edward P Jones