Richard Wright
Subtitle: ordeal of a native son
By: Addison Gayle.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Anchor Press/Doubleday
Published: 1980
Place of publication: Garden City, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 342
Subjects: Wright, Richard, 1908-1960; Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography; African American authors -- Biography
Description: The life story of a major Black American writer, based on access to FBI, CIA, and State Department files, highlights Wright's poor Southern boyhood, his early allegiance to the Communist party, and its consequences.
Notes: Bibliography: p. [301]-306.
Includes index.