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DAISY Audio - Similar to the DAISY option above; however, this option uses MP3 files created with our text-to-speech engine that utilizes Ivonas Kendra voice. This format will work with Daisy Audio compatible players such as Victor Reader Stream and Read2Go.

EPUB - A standard e-book format that can be read on many tools, such as iBooks, Readium or others.

Word - Accessible Word output, which can be unzipped and opened in any tool that allows .docx files

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Native Son (Perennial Classics Ser.)

Bigger Thomas has grown up in Chicago’s slums, reckless, angry and adrift.A respectable job with the affluent Dalton family provides hope but sets him on course for a catastrophic collision between his world and theirs. Hunted by citizen and police alike, and baited by prejudiced officials, Bigger finds himself the cause célèbre in an ever-narrowing endgame.First published in 1940, Native Son shocked readers with its candid depiction of violence and confrontation of racial stereotypes. It went on to make Richard Wright the first bestselling black writer in America.‘In addition to being a masterpiece, a Great American Novel' Guardian'The most important and celebrated novel of Negro life to have appeared in America' James BaldwinWITH AN AFTERWORD BY GARY YOUNGE

Copyright: 1940

ISBN: 9781446466889

Features: Contains images

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Native Son (Perennial Classics Ser.)

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