Black Like Me
by Griffin, John Howard
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- Fine
- Paperback
- Condition
- FINE
- ISBN 10
- 0451163176
- ISBN 13
- 9780451163172
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Synopsis
John Howard Griffin (1920-1980) is known internationally as the author of two novels, Nuni and The Devil Rides Outside , five books and monographs on racism in addition to Black Like Me , a biography of Thomas Merton , three collections of photography, a volume of journals, two historical works on Texas, a musicological study, and The John Howard Reader . Born in Dallas, Texas, and educated in France, he served in the U.S. Air Force in the South Pacific, where an injury he received during a Japanese bombardment eventually resulted in the complete loss of his sight. In the 1950's he converted to Catholicism, married, and raised a family. In 1957, (after ten years of blindness) he miraculously regained his sight.
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- Rainy Day Paperback Exchange (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 90P020
- Title
- Black Like Me
- Author
- Griffin, John Howard
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - FINE
- Edition
- (updated
- ISBN 10
- 0451163176
- ISBN 13
- 9780451163172
- Publisher
- Signet/ NAL/ Penguin
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- ©1976
- Bookseller catalogs
- SOCIAL SCIENCE; Social Science/ Ethnic Studies/ African-American Studies;
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