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Smith, William Gardner (1927-1974) South Street.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Young, 1954.
First edition, stated first printing, octavo; bound in publisher's green and black cloth, spine lettered in black; with the unclipped jacket featuring Smith's portrait on the back panel (jacket spine sunned as usual, slight soiling); 8 x 5 1/8 in.
Set in the author's hometown of Philadelphia, South Street follows three brothers who have recently moved North after their father is murdered for voting in a southern primary election. Smith's novel presents an unflinching portrayal of the violence and racial tensions that defined postwar America, marking a powerful literary transition from the Black Social Protest novel of the 1940s to the emerging Black Nationalist movement of the 1960s.
