{"product_id":"manchild-in-the-promised-land-paperback","title":"Manchild in the Promised Land - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eClaude Brown\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eNathan McCall\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith more than two million copies in print, \u003ci\u003eManchild in the Promised Land\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the most remarkable autobiographies of our time--the definitive account of African-American youth in Harlem of the 1940s and 1950s, and a seminal work of modern literature.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePublished during a literary era marked by the ascendance of black writers such as Richard Wright, Ralph Ellison, James Baldwin, and Alex Haley, this thinly fictionalized account of Claude Brown's childhood as a hardened, streetwise criminal trying to survive the toughest streets of Harlem has been heralded as the definitive account of everyday life for the first generation of African Americans raised in the Northern ghettos of the 1940s and 1950s. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When the book was first published in 1965, it was praised for its realistic portrayal of Harlem--the children, young people, hardworking parents; the hustlers, drug dealers, prostitutes, and numbers runners; the police; the violence, sex, and humor. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The book continues to resonate generations later, not only because of its fierce and dignified anger, not only because the struggles of urban youth are as deeply felt today as they were in Brown's time, but also because of its inspiring message. Now with an introduction by Nathan McCall, here is the story about the one who \"made it,\" the boy who kept landing on his feet and grew up to become a man.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eClaude Brown was born in New York City and grew up in Harlem. At age seventeen, after serving several terms in reform school, he left Harlem for Greenwich Village. He went on to receive a bachelor's degree from Howard University and attended law school. He also wrote a book called \u003ci\u003eThe Children of Ham\u003c\/i\u003e in 1976. \u003ci\u003eManchild in the Promised Land\u003c\/i\u003e evolved from an article he published in \u003ci\u003eDissent\u003c\/i\u003e magazine during his first year at college. He died in 2002 at the age of 64. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Nathan McCall, author of \u003ci\u003eMakes Me Wanna Holler\u003c\/i\u003e, has worked as a journalist for \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e. Currently, he teaches in the African American Studies Department at Emory University and lives in Atlanta, Georgia.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.03 x 8.37 x 5.52 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 27, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51987378569517,"sku":"9781451631579","price":21.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/TXE3L1V6R3RVWi9WSytVY0dQNFRCdz09.webp?v=1776178362","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/manchild-in-the-promised-land-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}