{"product_id":"the-autobiography-of-an-ex-colored-man","title":"The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDesigned to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautifully bound pocket-sized gift editions of much loved classic titles. Bound in real cloth, printed on high quality paper, and featuring ribbon markers and gilt edges, Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePowerful and unflinching, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a stark portrait of black experience in late nineteenth-century America and remains relevant to this day.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis edition is introduced by Dr. Sam Halliday.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJames Weldon Johnson’s fictional narrator first learns about his black heritage from a schoolteacher, a discovery which sparks a lifelong search for his place in the world. After his beloved mother dies, he embarks on a journey across America and beyond, first finding refuge in Georgia’s all-black church community. There, his passion and skill for music flourishes and takes him from New York to Europe, playing ragtime for a rich white gentleman. Back in America’s South, he witnesses an event so terrifying that it drives him to turn his back on his own heritage.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.nypl.org\/collections\/macmillan-collectors-library\"\u003eCheck out all the Macmillan Collector’s Library titles here\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff8000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.nypl.org\/products\/book-stamping\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/shop.nypl.org\/products\/book-stamping\u0026amp;source=gmail\u0026amp;ust=1558193756111000\u0026amp;usg=AFQjCNE4SBzn1k3TNa_tCQWi89X-mAVqzQ\" style=\"color: #ff8000;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eGet your Book Stamped for Free\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCollaborators: \u003c\/strong\u003eJames Weldon Johnson (Author), Sam Halliday (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eType:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages: \u003c\/strong\u003e160\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDim:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.7\" x 5.5\" x 0.9\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eItem Number: 9781529069204\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MPS-MACMIL","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51468289212736,"sku":"9781529069204","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0953\/4528\/files\/autobiography-ex-colored-man-book.jpg?v=1769104472","url":"https:\/\/shop.nypl.org\/products\/the-autobiography-of-an-ex-colored-man","provider":"The New York Public Library Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}