a ISBN 0-06-053348X-

a Original cataloging agency

a Language code of text/sound track or separate title eng

a Classification number PS3545.R815

b Item number N25 2003

a Personal name Wright Richard

d Dates associated with a name 19081960

a Title Native son /

c Statement of responsibility, etc by Richard Wright ; with an introduction, "How 'Bigger' was born," by the author ; afterword by John Reilly.

h Medium BOOK

a Place of publication, distribution, etc New York :

b Name of publisher, distributor, etc Perennial,

c Date of publication, distribution, etc 2003.

a Extent 398 p. ;

c Dimensions 21 cm.

a Bibliography, etc Includes bibliographical references.

a Summary, etc Right from the start, Bigger Thomas had been headed for jail. It could have been for assault or petty larceny; by chance, it was for murder and rape. Native Son tells the story of this young black man caught in a downward spiral after he kills a young white woman in a brief moment of panic. Set in Chicago in the 1930s, Richard Wright's novel is just as powerful today as when it was written -- in its reflection of poverty and hopelessness, and what it means to be black in America. This abridged edition includes an introduction, "How Bigger Was Born," by the author, as well as an afterword by John Reilly.

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Thomas Bigger Fictitious character

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element African American men

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Death row inmates

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Trials Murder

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Murderers

a Genre/form data or focus term Psychological fiction.

u Uniform Resource Identifier http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/hc041/2003051421.html