The nitty gritty.
By: Illustrated by Alvin Smith.
Contributors: Smith, Alvin, ill.
Edition: [1st ed.]
Publisher: Dutton
Published: 1968
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 156
Subjects: People with social disabilities -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Description: Torn between a desire to stay in school and his father's insistence that it is a waste of time, a black boy decides to quit school and go into business with the uncle he worships. When the venture fails and his uncle deserts him, the boy faces reality with a new maturity.