Coming of Age in Mississippi: An Autobiography by Moody, Anne

Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Dial Press, 1968-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 1.1000 in x 8.3000 in x 5.7000 in.

Dial Press, 0000-00-00. hardcover. Used: Good.

Content appears as new, unopened, unread and unblemished with fine light brown, cloth covered boards in DJ displaying minimal surface/edge wear, as shown. Reinforced small tear on face.
Kirkus Review: Ann Moody was born and grew up black in a small town in Mississippi where her Mama and Daddy sharecropped cotton before he left and Mama moved into town. Centerville, to work in a cafe and produce a string of fatherless children. Ann learned in the balcony of the movie theatre that "whiteness" made everything better; at home she listened to "a nigger can't make it no way"; at ten she was working in a household and later, in high school, for the meanest woman in town when Emmet Till was killed. At 15, she came of age and began to hate people, particularly her own who didn't stand up--or talk back. Saving up money for college, spending, a summer in a chicken factory where other workers were deader than the chickens, she finally went on to college in Natchez (prison strictures) and later Tougalou where she… Read More

Dial Press, 1968-01-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!