{"product_id":"9781529069204","title":"The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man","description":"Author: James Weldon Johnson\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781529069204\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Pan Macmillan UK\u003cbr\u003eYear First Published: 2022\u003cbr\u003ePages: 176\u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 158mm x 101mm x 16mm\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription: \u003cbr\u003eJames Weldon Johnson’s \u003ci\u003eThe Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man\u003c\/i\u003e is a powerful, trailblazing novel that exposes the intricate relationship between race and class in late nineteenth-century America. Complete \u0026amp; Unabridged. Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition is introduced by Dr Sam Halliday. After losing his mother at a very young age, the narrator is thrust from his comfortable, middle-class environment, afforded by his distant but aristocratic father, into the wider world. His passion for music begins in Georgia’s all-black church community and takes him from New York, where he plays ragtime for a rich white gentleman, to the South, where he witnesses lynchings and out of fear gives up his passion, as well as his race, to pass for white. Relevant to this day, \u003ci\u003eThe Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man\u003c\/i\u003e is an unflinching account of black experience in America.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45065842753694,"sku":"ADS-9781529069204","price":22.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781529069204.jpg?v=1738729321","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781529069204","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}