Scottsboro Boy
by Patterson, Haywood and Earl Conrad
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Original gray cloth. Previous owner's stamp on flyleaf and edges, otherwise very good in pictorial dust jacket with a few small
- Seller
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HACKETTSTOWN, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1950. First Edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Original gray cloth. Previous owner's stamp on flyleaf and edges, otherwise very good in pictorial dust jacket with a few small chips and slight wear. First Edition. 1 vols. 8vo. The story of Haywood Patterson, one of the nine black boys falsely accused of raping two white prostitutes and sentenced to life imprisonment in Alabama. This early case was one of the early cries for the Civil Rights Movement.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Old Mill Bookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11591
- Title
- Scottsboro Boy
- Author
- Patterson, Haywood and Earl Conrad
- Format/Binding
- 1 vols. 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Original gray cloth. Previous owner's stamp on flyleaf and edges, otherwise very good in pictorial dust jacket with a few small
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company, Inc
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, New York
- Date Published
- 1950
- Keywords
- African American History
Terms of Sale
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The Old Mill Bookshop
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HACKETTSTOWN, New Jersey
About The Old Mill Bookshop
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