Confessions Of Nat Turner, The (pulitzer Prize Winner) by Styron, William - 1967

Random House. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. 1967. Cloth. 0394420993 . Black cloth cover with gilt lettering on the spine and cover. There are two discard stamps in the book, but no other signs of it being a library book, no pocket. Deckled fore edges. Spine bumping ane light wear on the front cover. Clean & bright text with a solid binding. On the DJ the spine is faded and chipped with some tearing and scuffing. "Published during the political and racial turmoil of the 1960s, THE CONFESSIONS OF NAT TURNER is a fictionalized version of the written documents of a man who led a slave rebellion in Virginia in 1831. As Styron wrote at the time, "Had perfect accuracy been my aim I would have written a work of history rather than a novel." His controversial novel is the tragic story of the effects of oppression on a man's inherent goodness and decency; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 429 pages .