Manchild in the Promised Land
by Claude Brown
Our Price: $25.70
Availability: Usually ships in 7 to 12 days
Buy Used: from $18.95 (click here)
Category: Book
See more book details and other editions
Book Summary Information
Author: Claude BrownEdition: School & Library Binding
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2001-10
ISBN: 0613371585
Number of pages: 415
Publisher: Topeka Bindery
Book Reviews of Manchild in the Promised Land
Book Review: Manchild in the Promised Land
Summary: 5 Stars
This is an awesome book that I highly recommend to all young men trying to find their "way". It can be a little harsh, but it is about life in the inner city and a young man becoming a man.
Summary of Manchild in the Promised Land
Manchild in the Promised Land is indeed one of the most remarkable autobiographies of our time. 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. 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. 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 the book is affirmative and inspiring. Here is the story about the one who "made it," the boy who kept landing on his feet and became a man.African-American & Black Books
Book Subjects
- Arts & Photography
- Biographies & Memoirs
- Business & Investing
- Children's Books
- Comics & Graphic Novels
- Computers & Internet
- Cooking, Food & Wine
- Engineering
- Entertainment
- Gay & Lesbian
- Health, Mind & Body
- History
- Home & Garden
- Horror
- Law
- Literature & Fiction
- Medicine
- Mystery & Thrillers
- Nonfiction
- Outdoors & Nature
- Parenting & Families
- Professional & Technical
- Reference
- Religion & Spirituality
- Romance
- Science
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Sports
- Teens
- Travel
Most talked about in African-American & Black Books
Don't Block the Blessingsby Patti Labelle
Riverhead Hardcover; Published: 1996-10-04; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $4.00
Price in other shops:
Remember This Titan: Lessons Learned from a Celebrated Coach's Journeyby Steve Sullivan
Taylor Trade Publishing; Published: 2005-10-25; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $5.27
Price in other shops:
Finding Fishby Antwone Quenton Fisher
Perennial (HarperCollins); Published: 2004-01; Paperback; Book
Walking with the Wind: A Memoir of the Movementby John Lewis, Michael D'Orso
Harvest Books; Published: 1999-10-18; Paperback; Book
Best price: $3.85
Price in other shops:
Divided Soul: The Life of Marvin Gayeby David Ritz
Da Capo Press; Published: 2003-05; Paperback; Book
Best price: $10.33
Price in other shops:
Manchild in the Promised Landby Claude Brown
Touchstone; Published: 1999-06-03; Paperback; Book
Best price: $5.15
Price in other shops:
Tupac Amaru Shakur: 1971-1996Topeka Bindery; Published: 1998-09; Hardcover; Book
Price in other shops:
Life Is So Goodby George Dawson, Richard Glaubman
Penguin (Non-Classics); Published: 2001-06-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $2.89
Price in other shops:
Same Kind Of Different As Meby Ron Hall, Denver Moore
Thomas Nelson; Published: 2006; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $17.12
Price in other shops:
Quiet Strengthby Tony Dungy, Nathan Whitaker
Tyndale House Publishers; Tyndale House Publishers; Release date: 2007-07-10; Published: 2007-07-10; Kindle Edition; eBooks
Best price: $9.99
Price in other shops:
Similar Books and other products
Native Sonby Richard Wright
Harper Perennial Modern Classics; Published: 2008-05-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $9.00
Price in other shops:
What's Going Onby Nathan Mc Call
Vintage; Published: 1998-12-29; Paperback; Book
Best price: $4.94
Price in other shops:
The Coldest Winter Everby Sister Souljah
Pocket Star; Published: 2006-01-31; Mass Market Paperback; Book
Best price: $4.00
Price in other shops:
Black Boy (P.S.)by Richard Wright
Harper Perennial Modern Classics; Published: 2008-05-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $9.04
Price in other shops:
Invisible Manby Ralph Ellison
Vintage; Published: 1995-03-14; Paperback; Book
Best price: $6.00
Price in other shops:
All God's Children: The Bosket Family and the American Tradition of Violence (Vintage)by Fox Butterfield
Vintage; Published: 2008-01-08; Paperback; Book
Best price: $9.49
Price in other shops:
Soul on Iceby Eldridge Cleaver
Delta; Published: 1999-01-12; Paperback; Book
Best price: $6.70
Price in other shops:
The Autobiography of Malcolm X: As Told to Alex HaleyBallantine Books; Published: 1992-11; Mass Market Paperback; Book
Best price: $3.71
Price in other shops:
Makes Me Wanna Holler: A Young Black Man in Americaby Nathan Mc Call
Vintage; Published: 1994-01-31; Paperback; Book
Best price: $7.94
Price in other shops:
Down These Mean Streetsby Piri Thomas
Vintage; Published: 1997-11-25; Paperback; Book
Best price: $7.23
Price in other shops: