Manchild in the promised land
Brown, Claude, 1937-
Manchild in the promised land Claude Brown. - First Touchstone edition. - New York : Touchstone, 1999. - 415 pages ; 22 cm.
"Manchild in the Promised Land is indeed one of the most remarkable autobiographies of our time. This thinly fictionalized account of Charles Brown's childhood as a hardened, streetwise criminal trying to survive the toughest streets of Harlem has been heralded as the definitive account of everyday life for the first generation of African Americans raised in the Northern ghettoes of the 1940s and 1950s ..."--Publisher's note on back cover.
9780684864181
Brown, Claude, 1937-
African Americans--Biography.
African Americans--Social conditions.--New York (State)--New York
Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--Social conditions.
New York (N.Y.)--Social conditions.
E 185.97.B86 / .A3 1999
Manchild in the promised land Claude Brown. - First Touchstone edition. - New York : Touchstone, 1999. - 415 pages ; 22 cm.
"Manchild in the Promised Land is indeed one of the most remarkable autobiographies of our time. This thinly fictionalized account of Charles Brown's childhood as a hardened, streetwise criminal trying to survive the toughest streets of Harlem has been heralded as the definitive account of everyday life for the first generation of African Americans raised in the Northern ghettoes of the 1940s and 1950s ..."--Publisher's note on back cover.
9780684864181
Brown, Claude, 1937-
African Americans--Biography.
African Americans--Social conditions.--New York (State)--New York
Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--Social conditions.
New York (N.Y.)--Social conditions.
E 185.97.B86 / .A3 1999
