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Daddy Was a Number Runner (55th Anniversary Edition)

By Louise Meriwether, Bridgett M. Davis (Contribution by), Farah Griffin (Contribution by), Deesha Philyaw (Contribution by), James Baldwin (Foreword by)
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By Louise Meriwether, Bridgett M. Davis (Contribution by), Farah Griffin (Contribution by), Deesha Philyaw (Contribution by), James Baldwin (Foreword by)
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"A most important novel.”—The New York Times Book Review

A new edition of Louise Meriwether’s classic novel about a young Black girl’s coming—of—age in Harlem in the 1930s, featuring new writing celebrating Meriwether’s life, work, and activism.

Francie Coffin is the daughter of a number runner, someone who collects bets for the underground lottery that drives Harlem’s secret economy. In Louise Meriwether’s classic novel, we see 1930s Harlem through Francie’s eyes: in laughter and love, in f...

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