02612cam a2200349 4500 521832365 TxAuBib 20210904120000.0 ||||||s2009||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780061935411 0061935417 B002BY779U Amazon 4d917911-c46a-41f2-9c96-66059fffeae4 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 247619 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Wright, Richard. Native Son [Libby]. HarperCollins e-books, 2009. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 3745kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Classic Literature. Fiction. HTML:"If one had to identify the single most influential shaping force in modern Black literary history, one would probably have to point to Wright and the publication of Native Son." – Henry Louis Gates Jr. Right from the start, Bigger Thomas had been headed for jail. It could have been for assault or petty larceny; by chance, it was for murder and rape. Native Son tells the story of this young black man caught in a downward spiral after he kills a young white woman in a brief moment of panic. Set in Chicago in the 1930s, Richard Wright's powerful novel is an unsparing reflection on the poverty and feelings of hopelessness experienced by people in inner cities across the country and of what it means to be black in America. This edition of Native Son includes an essay by Wright titled, How "Bigger" was Born, along with notes on the text.. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-11-04 13:21:58. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0293-1/4D9/179/11/NativeSon9780061935411.epub Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=4D917911-C46A-41F2-9C96-66059FFFEAE4&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0293-1/4D9/179/11/NativeSon9780061935411.epub Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=4D917911-C46A-41F2-9C96-66059FFFEAE4&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0293-1/4D9/179/11/NativeSon9780061935411.epub Excerpt (OverDrive Read) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=4D917911-C46A-41F2-9C96-66059FFFEAE4&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)