Native son
Subtitle: the story of Richard Wright
By: Joyce Hart.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: World writers
Publisher: Morgan Reynolds Pub.
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Greensboro, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 128
Subjects: Wright, Richard, 1908-1960 -- Juvenile literature.; Wright, Richard, 1908-1960.; Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; African American authors -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Authors, American.; African Americans -- Biography.
Genres: Juvenile literature.; Biography; Biography.
Description: Traces the life and achievements of the twentieth-century African American novelist, whose early life was shaped by a strict grandmother who had been a slave, an illiterate father, and a mother educated as a schoolteacher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 122-123) and index.
Table of contents: title: A troubling beginning; title: Memphis; title: Finding a voice; title: Exploring the Communist Party; title: First book; title: Reaching the masses; title: Controversy; title: Black boy; title: Expatriate.