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Main Author: Griffin, John Howard, 1920-1980-
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : New American Library, [2003]
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Griffin, John Howard, > 1920-1980-
African Americans > Southern States.
Southern States > Race relations.
Texas > Biography.
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Item Description:Originally published: New York : Signet, 1996.
Physical Description:200 p. ; 20 cm.
ISBN:0451208641 (pbk.)
9780451208644 (pbk.)
Author Notes:John Howard Griffin (1920-1980) is known internationally as the author of two novels, Nuni and The Devil Rides Outside , five books and monographs on racism in addition to Black Like Me , a biography of Thomas Merton, three collections of photography, a volume of journals, two historical works on Texas, a musicological study, and The John Howard Reader . Born in Dallas, Texas, and educated in France, he served in the U.S. Air Force in the South Pacific, where an injury he received during a Japanese bombardment eventually resulted in the complete loss of his sight. In the 1950's he converted to Catholicism, married, and raised a family. In 1957, (after ten years of blindness) he miraculously regained his sight.

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