An Autobiography of Black Chicago

Chicago, Ill: Urban Research Institute, 1982. Stated Second Printing. Octavo. 24cm. Publisher's black cloth titled in white to spine and front board. Dustjacket. 378pp. Light wear, bumping to spine ends, in a clean, bright dustjacket with sunning to the spine panel and a small abrasion to the tail of the spine panel. A very good copy. Internally clean. Signed by Travis to the title page.

A beautifully rich and detailed autobiographical account of the trials and tribulations of the Travis family attempting to survive the racism, poverty, arcane legalities and mundane illegalities of early 20th century Chicago.