6/7/2023 0 Comments Black like me book review![]() Paschal High School in Fort Worth until he left the United States at fifteen in search of a classical education. His family influenced Griffin’s lifelong love for both music and literature. His mother was a classically trained pianist who taught for thirty years in the Fort Worth area, and his father was a fine Irish tenor and a radio personality as a younger man. John Howard Griffin’s Bio: John Howard Griffin (1920-1980), writer, the second son of four children of John Walter and Lena May (Young) Griffin, was born in Dallas, Texas, on June 16, 1920. The story would be the same.” – John Howard Griffin ![]() I could have been a Jew in Germany, a Mexican in a number of states, or a member of any “inferior” group. It is the story of the persecuted, the defrauded, the feared and detested. The real story is the universal one of men who destroy the souls and bodies of other men (and in the process destroy themselves) for reasons neither really understands. But me…I like to entertain…I like to laugh…and most importantly…I like to hate. He would have taken it “there” and got all deep on ya’ll. ![]() My boyfriend said that this isn’t the review that he would have done. Well, if I do, it definitely won’t be for official review purposes. Of course I’ve found myself browsing quite a few books on fiction writing, but I won’t bore you with the details of those here. ![]() This book might be my final non-fiction read of the summer. ![]()
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