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Author:
Wright, Richard, 1908-1960
Series:
Perennial classic
G.K. Hall large print book
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English
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Right from the start, Bigger Thomas had been headed for jail. It could have been for assault or petty larceny; by chance, it was for murder and rape. Native Son tells the story of this young black man caught in a downward spiral after he kills a young white woman in a brief moment of panic. Set in Chicago in the 1930s, Richard Wright's novel is just as powerful today as when it was written -- in its reflection of poverty and hopelessness, and what it means to be black in America.

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African American men
African American men -- Fiction
African Americans
African Americans -- Fiction
Chicago (Ill.) -- Fiction
Coming of age
Coming of age -- Fiction
Death row inmates
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Fiction
Large type books
Literature
Literature -- Fiction
Murderers
Murderers -- Fiction
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Thomas, Bigger (Fictitious character)
Thomas, Bigger (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
Trials (Murder)
Trials (Murder) -- Fiction
Women
Women -- Fiction

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Herman Finkelstein Collection (Library of Congress)
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ISBN:
9780060837563
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9781449878337
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9780061935411
9780816157877
9780060886394
9780060929800
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Lexile measure:
700L

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Death row inmates -- Fiction
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Psychological fiction
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Trials (Murder)
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