{"product_id":"daddy-was-a-number-runner-55th-anniversary-edition-paperback","title":"Daddy Was a Number Runner (55th Anniversary Edition) - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLouise Meriwether\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBridgett M. Davis\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by), \u003cb\u003eFarah Griffin\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cb\u003eA most important novel.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA new edition of Louise Meriwether's classic novel about a young Black girl's coming-of-age in Harlem in the 1930s, featuring new writing celebrating Meriwether's life, work, and activism.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrancie Coffin is the daughter of a number runner, someone who collects bets for the underground lottery that drives Harlem's secret economy. In Louise Meriwether's classic novel, we see 1930s Harlem through Francie's eyes: in laughter and love, in friendships and movies and visits to Abyssinian Church, in whispered conversations between daughters and sons, in awakening political consciousness and resistance, in dream books, in the power to survive under pressure. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis edition contains the full text of the novel, as well as its foreword by James Baldwin and afterword by Nellie McKay, now expanded to include reactions from newer generations of Black women writers like Bridgett M. Davis, Farah Griffin, and Deesha Philyaw, as well as two newly available interviews on Meriwether's legacy of writing, community, and activism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLouise Meriwether (1923\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e-\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2023) \u003c\/strong\u003ewas an American novelist, essayist, journalist, and activist as well as a writer of biographies of historically important African Americans for children. She is best known for her first novel, \u003cem\u003eDaddy Was a Number Runner\u003c\/em\u003e (1970), which draws on autobiographical elements about growing up in Harlem during the Depression and in the era after the Harlem Renaissance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 312\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.71 x 8.35 x 5.51 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 02, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44379443953766,"sku":"9781558613522","price":25.67,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/PxWnek1y7Z9781558613522.webp?v=1768921229","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/daddy-was-a-number-runner-55th-anniversary-edition-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}