Daddy Was A Number Runner.

Meriwether, Louise; Foreword by James Baldwin

Published by Prentice-Hall, Inc, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1970

About this Item

First edition of this modern classic â a tough, tender, bitter novel of a black girl struggling towards womanhoodâ in 1930s Harlem" (Publishers Weekly). Octavo, original cloth. Foreword by James Baldwin. Very good in a good dust jacket, name blacked out on the front pastedown and number to the front free endpaper. Jacket design by Bob Cuevas. Depression-era Harlem is home for twelve-year-old Francie Coffin and her family, and itâ s both a place of refuge and the source of untold dangers for her and her poor, working class family. The beloved â daddyâ of the title indeed becomes a number runner when he is unable to find legal work, and while one of Francieâ s brothers dreams of becoming a chemist, the other is already in a gang. Francie is a dreamer, too, but there are risks in everything from going to the movies to walking down the block, and her pragmatism eventually outweighs her hope; â We was all poor and black and apt to stay that way, and that was that.â . Seller Inventory # 145875

Bibliographic Details

Title: Daddy Was A Number Runner.

Publisher: Prentice-Hall, Inc, Englewood Cliffs, NJ

Publication Date: 1970

Binding: Hardcover

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition