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Daddy was a number runner
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- Book Synopsis
- Written by one of the Harlem Renaissance writers, this is the story of a black girl struggling towards womanhood and survival. 12-year-old Francie Coffin soon learns that there is not much of a future for a young black girl in Harlem.
- About The Author
- Louise Meriwether is an American novelist, essayist, journalist, and activist. In 1970, she published her first and critically acclaimed book, Daddy Was a Number Runner (with an introduction by James Baldwin), using autobiographical elements about growing up in Harlem during the Depression and in the era after the Harlem Renaissance. She has since written short stories that have appeared in Antioch Review and Negro Digest, as well as biographies for children about historically important African Americans, including Robert Smalls, Daniel Hale Williams, and Rosa Parks. Meriwether has also taught creative writing at Sarah Lawrence College and the University of Houston.
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- ISBN
- 9780349015927
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Virago, (03 June 2021)
- Number of Pages
- 208
- Weight
- 180 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 196 x 124 x 20 mm
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