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Key Information
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| Authors: |
Claude Brown |
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Biography & Autobiography • Social Science |
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1966 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award |
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Professional Reviews
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Linney, Romulus, New York Times Book Review: "[This autobiography] is written with brutal and unvarnished honesty in the plain talk of the people, in language that is fierce, uproarious, obscene and tender, but always sensible and direct. And to its enormous credit, this youthful autobiography gives us its devastating portrait of life without one cry of self-pity, outrage or malice, with no caustic sermons or searing rhetoric. Claude Brown speaks for himself--and the Harlem people to whom his life is bound--with open dignity, and the effect is both shattering and deeply satisfying...His story is not all savagery, however. Very often it is told with humor...But the final strength of this autobiography rests in the survival of the author himself...[This work] is a mature autobiography of the coming of age of one hidden human being, whose experience and generation are absolutely crucial to any future history of the American people." |
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Book Editions
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Format: Paperback, 415
Publisher: Touchstone Books (June 03, 1999)
Measurements: 8.75"(h) x 5.75"(w) x 1"(d), 0.8 lbs.
ISBN: 9780684864181 |
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The classic autobiography of growing up in Harlem in the fifties. From a life of mischief and encounters with gangs, drug pushers, and the police, Claude Brown eventually leaves Harlem for law school. The Harlem setting and the many characters in his family and neighborhood are evoked with frankness, beauty and love. |
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