WRIGHT, RICHARD

How Bigger Was Born the Story of Native Son, One of the Most Significant Novels of Our Time, and How It Came to Be Written

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1940. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Pamphlet. This is a staplebound pamphlet with medium cardstock covers. The pamphlet is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The yellow covers have some ground-in dirt and beginning toning, especially to the spine. The text pages are mostly clean and bright, but have a bit of light, generalized toning. "I am not so pretentious as to imagine that it is possible for me to account completely for my own book, Native Son. But I am going to try to account for as much of it as I can, the sources of it, the material that went into it, and my own years' long changing attitude toward that material." "Native Son was published by Harper & Brothers on March 1, 1940. On March 12 of the same year, Richard Wright delivered the lecture, “How ‘Bigger’ Was Born, ” at Columbia University in New York City. He eventually gave this lecture four more times, twice in Harlem, and in Chicago and North Carolina. Harper’s soon published the lecture as a pamphlet, and it was included in subsequent editions of the novel. It is also included in the restored text of Native Son, published by The Library of America in 1991, and HarperPerennial in 1993.". Very Good+ .

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Book number: 34354

Catalogue: Modern Fiction First Editions

Keywords: Modern Fiction First Edition Richard Wright Native Son African American Authors Author memoir Bibliography