Manchild in the promised land /
Brown, Claude, 1937-
Manchild in the promised land / Claude Brown. - First Touchstone edition. - 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.
0684864185 9780684864181 0025173251 9780025173255
Brown, Claude, 1937-
African Americans--Biography
African Americans--Social conditions--New York (State)--New York
African American neighborhoods--New York (State)--New York
Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--Social conditions
New York (N.Y.)--Social conditions
Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--Social conditions--20th century.
E185.97.B86 / A3 1999
974.7100496073092
Manchild in the promised land / Claude Brown. - First Touchstone edition. - 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.
0684864185 9780684864181 0025173251 9780025173255
Brown, Claude, 1937-
African Americans--Biography
African Americans--Social conditions--New York (State)--New York
African American neighborhoods--New York (State)--New York
Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--Social conditions
New York (N.Y.)--Social conditions
Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--Social conditions--20th century.
E185.97.B86 / A3 1999
974.7100496073092