Notes of a Native Son

Title: Notes of a Native Son Author: James Baldwin ISBN: 9780807006238 Publisher: Beacon Press Published: 2012 Binding: Paperback Language: English Condition: New New from the publisher Essays 1693359 Publisher Description: Named one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time by The Guardian and TIME The essays in James Baldwin's first nonfiction collection explore what it means to be Black in America and his own search for identityOriginally published in 1955, James Baldwin's timeless and moving essays on life in Harlem, the protest novel, movies, and African Americans abroad inaugurated him as one of the leading interpreters of the dramatic social changes erupting in the United States in the 20th century. Through a mix of autobiographical and analytical essays, Baldwin delivers honest and raw revelations about what it means to be Black in America, specifically pre-Civil Rights Movem