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Daddy Was a Number Runner

By Louise Meriwether, James Baldwin (Introduction)
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$16.95
By Louise Meriwether, James Baldwin (Introduction)
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This modern classic is “a tough, tender, bitter novel of a black girl struggling towards womanhood” in 1930s Harlem—with a foreword by James Baldwin (Publishers Weekly).

Depression—era Harlem is home for twelve—year—old Francie Coffin and her family, and it’s both a place of refuge and the source of untold dangers for her and her poor, working class family. The beloved “daddy” of the title indeed becomes a number runner when he is unable to find legal work, and while one of Francie’s brothe...

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