As adults, we all search our memories of childhood for clues about who we are today. Syl Jones's Rescuing Little Roundhead is a powerful reflection on a childhood of hardship, humor, family, and adventure cut short by a series of tragic events that robbed the author of his innocence.
Written as a set of stories linked by common characters and settings, the book portrays the richly nuanced lives of Little Roundhead - Jones as a child - and his family as they struggle for individual expression and civil rights. The potentially explosive network of personal, racial, and class pressures with which the family contends are still with us today. In struggling to overcome this increasingly difficult and dangerous reality, Little Roundhead manages to find within himself the strength and will to survive his experiences in the urban landscape that is, like both the characters and the story, portrayed by Jones in striking and absorbing detail.
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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers G1571312153I4N00
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Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers G1571312153I3N00
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Zustand: Very Good. 1st. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers GRP94503800
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Hardcover. Zustand: Used-Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: dj. 1st. Cloth, dj. Slight shelf wear. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 1857689
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Anbieter: Alkahest Books, Deerfield, IL, USA
Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: fine. 1st Edition, first printing. xiv + 202 pages, octavo (approx. 5 1/4" x 7 3/4"). Book and dust jacket are in Fine condition, F/F. 040414A. "A moving chronicle.of a childhood cut short by racism and abuse but reclaimed by intellect and leavened by humor." African-American. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9621
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Anbieter: Du Bois Book Center, Englewood, NJ, USA
Hardcover. Zustand: As New. 1st Edition. 202pp. Black lining papers. Black and white cover with title on spine. Pictorial dust jacket. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 100076
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Anbieter: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, USA
Zustand: FINE. First printing. A semi-autobiographical memoir, based on journalist Syl Jones's childhood experiences growing up in Cincinnati in the 1950s, just before the civil rights era, a childhood cut shot by an incident of sexual abuse when he was 8, and told as a collection of interlinked short stories. 202 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 92760
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Anbieter: JB Books, Garrison, ND, USA
Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. First Edition (stated). FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition (stated). A heartfelt account of growing up 'colored' in America, the author recounting family experience, humor, hardship, adventure, tragic events and the loss of innocence, much more, presented in the form of a series of short stories with linked characters and situations. Hardcover with dust jacket, 202pp. A very nice copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 00011858
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Anbieter: Eat My Words Books, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Signed and dated by Syl Jones. Binding tight. Pages unmarked and barely aged. Cloth/paper cover with little or no wear. Dustjacket has some wear at edges, especially along top front. Support an independent used-book store in Minneapolis! ; 7.5 X 5.2 X 0.9 inches; 202 pages; Signed by Author. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 22224
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Hardcover. Zustand: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 64T40_87_1571312153
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