Hart, Joyce,  1954- <br/><br/>
Native son :  the story of Richard Wright / 
Joyce Hart. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - Greensboro, N.C. :  Morgan Reynolds Pub.,  c2003. 
 - 128 p. :  ill. ;  23 cm. 
 - World writers .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 122-123) and index. 
<br/><br/>A troubling beginning -- Memphis -- Finding a voice -- Exploring the Communist Party -- First book -- Reaching the masses -- Controversy -- Black boy -- Expatriate. 
<br/><br/> Traces the life and achievements of the twentieth-century African American novelist, whose early life was shaped by a strict grandmother who had been a slave, an illiterate father, and a mother educated as a schoolteacher. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1931798060 9781931798068 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2002013686 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Wright, Richard, 1908-1960 --Juvenile literature.<br/>Wright, Richard, 1908-1960. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Authors, American--20th century--Biography--Juvenile literature.<br/>African American authors--Biography--Juvenile literature.<br/>Authors, American.<br/>African Americans--Biography.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Literature.<br/>Biographies.<br/>Biographies.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PS3545.R815  / Z668 2003 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>813/.52  B