BLACK LIKE ME
by Griffin, John Howard
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- G+
- Seller
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Watkins Glen, New York, United States
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About This Item
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Seneca Valley Used Books & Paper Collectibles (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25086
- Title
- BLACK LIKE ME
- Author
- Griffin, John Howard
- Format/Binding
- Paperback; 18th Printing
- Book Condition
- Used - G+
- Edition
- Signet Book Edition unabridged
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Signet/New American Library
- Date Published
- circa 1965
- Keywords
- Black Americana Negro Social Culture, Non-fiction Social Psychology, Social Behavior
- Bookseller catalogs
- Black Americana;
Terms of Sale
Seneca Valley Used Books & Paper Collectibles
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