Black Like Me
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Black Like Me by John Griffin
The 5,000,000 copy bestseller of life in the black ghettos of America - written by a white man! This shocking book is a first hand account of the story of a man who underwent a series of medical treatments to change his skin colour temporarily to black. His purpose was to try and find out what it was like to be a black man in America.
Robert Bonazzi is the author of the critically-acclaimed Man in the Mirror: John Howard Griffin and the Story of Black Like Me. He only recently completed a decade-long project, the authorized biography of John Howard Griffin, to be entitled Reluctant Activist. His essays, reviews, short stories and poems have appeared in hundreds of publications--in the U.S., France, Germany, the U.K., Japan, Canada, Mexico, and Peru. Born in New York City, Bonazzi has lived in San Francisco, Mexico City, Florida and several Texas cities. He lives in San Antonio and writes a column on poetry, Poetic Diversity, for the San Antonio Express-News.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780451192035 |
| ISBN 10 | 0451192036 |
| Title | Black Like Me |
| Author | John Griffin |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Random House Australia |
| Year published | 1997-01-27 |
| Number of pages | 192 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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