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NY: Norton, 1998. First printing of this edition. 8vo, pp. 240. Paper wraps. As new.
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MAMA BLACK WIDOW
by SLIM, Iceberg, (pseud. for Robert Beck)
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Mama Black Widow
by Beck, Robert, Slim, Iceberg
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Holloway House Publishing Company. Used - Very Good. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.
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Mama Black Widow
by Iceberg Slim (pseudonym of Robert Beck, born Robert Moppins, Jr.)
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Los Angeles: Holloway House HH-176, 1969. Book. Illus. by Ron Wolin (cover illustration). Very Good. Paperback. First Edition.. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Paperback original. Slim/Beck/Moppins presents "a chronicle of Negro ghetto life which should be recognized as the most vivid and important ever published. Beck's premise is that hatred is as destructive to those who hate as it is to those who are hated. His life on Chicago's Southside lends ample authority to his writing." 313 pages + seven pages of advertisements for other Holloway House publications. A bit of edge-/corner wear, moderate handling wear, tanning..
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Homosexuality in the ghetto" Archive of 2 First Edition Iceberg Slim books: Mama Black Widow and The Naked Soul of Iceberg Slim
by Iceberg Slim, Robert Beck
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[African American] [LGBTQ] Beck, Robert (Aka Iceberg Slim) Mama Black Widow and The Naked Soul of Iceberg Slim. Los Angeles: Holloway House Publishing Co., 1969 and 1971. First Edition Paperbacks. Both are about 300 pages. Both measures 4.25" x 7". Iceberg Slim was an American former pimp who later became a writer. In 1961, after serving 10 months of solitary confinement in a Cook County jail, Maupin decided he was too old for a life of pimping at the age of 42 and moved to Los Angeles to become a writer. Beck wrote several more novels, an autobiography, and a story collection. He sold over six million books before his death in 1992, making him one of the best-selling African-American writers. Scottish author Irvine Welsh said: "Iceberg Slim did for the pimp what Jean Genet did for the homosexual and thief and William Burroughs did for the junkie: he articulated the thoughts and feelings of someone who had been there." This archive includes: [1] Mama Black Widow, which tells the tragic story of Otis…
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Mama Black Widow
by Iceberg Slim [Pseudonym of Robert Beck]
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Los Angeles: Holloway House, 1969. Reprint. Very Good. Reprint. Signed an inscribed to a former owner inside the front cover by Iceberg Slim. Bound in publisher's white wraps printed in red, black and blue. Very Good with creasing and light lean to spine, light creases and light browning to cover, and toning to pages. Robert Beck, better known as Iceberg Slim, was an American pimp who subsequently became an influential author among a primarily African-American readership. Two of his novels, including this one, were adapted into films. Books signed by Beck are quite scarce.
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