The torture of mothers / by Truman Nelson. Introduction by Maxwell Geismar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nelson, Truman, 1911-1987.

Contributor:

Geismar, Maxwell, 1909-1979, writer of introduction.

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Beacon paperbacks ; BP 288.

Beacon paperback ; BP 288

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--History.

Harlem (New York, N.Y.).

African Americans--New York (State)--New York.

African Americans.

New York (State)--New York.

Police--New York (State)--New York.

Police.

Riots--New York (State)--New York.

Riots.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

6 unnumbered pages, 121 pages, 1 unnumbered page. : portraits ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

Boston, Beacon Press, 1968.

Notes:

"First published by Beacon Press in 1968. First published as a Beacon Paperback in 1968."

"Photographs by Peter Lenz."

"Cover illustration adapted from photographs by Peter Lenz."

"Truman Nelson wrote 'The Torture of Mothers' in the Autumn of 1964 in the aftermath of Harlem's 'long hot summer,' The bulk of the book consists of tapes taken directly from the lips of mothers and children, the victims of the incidents he describes here. Despite considerable searching he was unable to find a commercial publisher ... the Beacon edition is published with the hope that the book will now attract the concern which it deserves.""--Publisher's Note.

Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (pages 105-[122]).

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

OCLC:

330160