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Manchild in the Promised Land by Claude Brown; Claude Brown is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Manchild in the Promised Land about?

Manchild in the Promised Land is indeed one of the most remarkable autobiographies of our time. This thinly fictionalized account of Claude Brown's childhood as a hardened, streetwise criminal trying to survive the toughest streets of Harlem has been heralded as the definitive account of everyday life for the first generation of African Americans raised in the Northern ghettos of the 1940s and 1950s. When the book was first published in 1965, it was praised for its realistic portrayal of Harlem -- the children, young people, hardworking parents; the hustlers, drug dealers, prostitutes, and numbers runners; the police; the violence, sex, and humor. The book continues to resonate generations later, not only because of its fierce and dignified anger, not only because the struggles of urban youth are as deeply felt today as they were in Brown's time, but also because the book is affirmative and inspiring. Here is the story about the one who "made it," the boy who kept landing on his feet and became a man.

Who reads Manchild in the Promised Land?

Author

Claude Brown; Claude Brown

Publisher

Scribner

Published

1965

Language

EN

ISBN

9780025173255

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Social Science, Memoir, Literary Fiction

Rating

4.34 / 5 (6,338 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14