Ralph Ellison: Author of Invisible Man

By Martha E. Rhynes

A young adult biography of novelist Ralph Ellison This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1931798699
• ISBN13: 9781931798693
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Morgan Reynolds Publishing
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 12 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 12

Customer Reviews

Respects young adults' ability to comprehend complex topics

Raised in Oklahoma City, Ralph Ellison studied classical music but was also immersed in jazz. He dropped out of Tuskegee Institute for lack of funds, and moved north to Harlem in 1936, where he was nudged toward writing by friends like Langston Hughes and Richard Wright. Infusing both his love of music and his voracious reading habit into his writing, Ellison created a uniquely American kind of prose in his seminal novel, INVISIBLE MAN. This is the newest offering in Morgan Reynolds' "World Writers" series, and as always, the author treats young adults with respect and assumes them capable of comprehending complex topics and times.