Gaines presents the fictional memoir of a 110-year-old formerly enslaved woman whose life story spans from the Civil War through the civil rights movement—a groundbreaking narrative on the resilience of African Americans across a century of adversity.
Gaines, Ernest J. The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman. New York: Dial Press, 1971. 245 pp.
First Edition, first printing. Hardcover. Octavo.
Ex-library copy in very good condition copy with tape remnants on boards, library stamp on top edge, adhesive residue on front free end-paper, and toning, in good condition dust jacket with edge wear, waviness to back panel, and toning—in new dust jacket cover. While an ex-library copy, library indicators are relatively light in this copy.
