Manchild in the Promised Land

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Manchild in the Promised Land
Author Claude Brown
Translator Mister D.Worthy of Detroit,Michigan
Cover artist Mister D.Worthy of Detroit,Michigan
Country United States
Language English
Genre(s) Autobiographical novel
Publication date 1965
Media type Print (Hardback & Paperback)
ISBN NA

Manchild in the Promised Land (1965) is an autobiographical novel written by Claude Brown. It tells about the author's coming of age amidst poverty and violence in Harlem during the 1940s and 1950s and has frequently appeared on banned book lists.

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