01758cam a2200313 4500 291590648 TxGeo 050831t20051940||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780060837563 trade pbk. 006083756X trade pbk. (OCoLC)61277693 TxGeo Wright, Richard, 1908-1960. Native son / Richard Wright ; with an introduction by Arnold Rampersad. ©1940. New York, NY : HarperPerennial Modern Classics, 2005. xxii, 504 pages ; 21 cm. "The restored text, established by The Library of America.". "The text as restored by The Library of America was published in 1991 in a volume entitled Richard Wright: early works, that also included Lawd today! and Uncle Tom's children"--T.p. verso. WorldCat Summary: 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. [This book] 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, [it]is a reflection of 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. 20170522. Thomas, Bigger (Fictitious character) Fiction. African American men Fiction. Death row inmates Fiction. Trials (Murder) Fiction. Murderers Fiction. Psychological fiction. QS5