Manchild in the Promised Land
by Claude Brown
- Editions tracked
- 2
- First edition
- New American Library, 1965
The first edition of Manchild in the Promised Land by Claude Brown was published in New York by New American Library in 1965. We track 2 editions.
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- 1st New American Library1965 Hardback I own Manchild in the Promised Land, New American Library 1965 Log in to want this
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- Jonathan Cape1966 Hardback I own Manchild in the Promised Land, Jonathan Cape 1966 Log in to want this
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- New York City
- Genre
- autobiography
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- Editions recorded
- 21 on Open Library, 16 in English
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Who published the first edition of Manchild in the Promised Land?
The first edition of Manchild in the Promised Land by Claude Brown was published in New York by New American Library in 1965.
How many editions of Manchild in the Promised Land are there?
We track 2 editions of Manchild in the Promised Land, including 1 first edition. Each has its own page with how to identify it.