Manchild in the Promised Land
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Manchild in the Promised Land | |
Author | Claude Brown |
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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.