Let No Man Write My Epitaph

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Let No Man Write My Epitaph is a 1958 novel by American author Willard Motley that portrays the struggles of a boy growing up in a Chicago slum amid crime, poverty, and moral conflict.

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instanceOf literary work ⓘ
novel ⓘ
adaptationReleaseYear 1960 ⓘ
adaptationType feature film ⓘ
addressesIssue alcohol and drug abuse ⓘ
family instability ⓘ
juvenile delinquency ⓘ
social inequality ⓘ
violence ⓘ
author Willard Motley ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
follows Knock on Any Door ⓘ
genre realist novel ⓘ
social novel ⓘ
urban fiction ⓘ
hasAdaptation Let No Man Write My Epitaph (film) ⓘ
hasTitleOrigin epitaph motif ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
literaryPeriod 20th-century American literature ⓘ
literaryStyle naturalism ⓘ
social realism ⓘ
mainThemes coming of age ⓘ
crime ⓘ
moral conflict ⓘ
poverty ⓘ
narrativeFocus struggles of urban poor ⓘ
notableFor critique of American urban society ⓘ
depiction of Chicago slum life ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
placeOfPublication United States ⓘ
protagonistCharacteristic boy growing up in a Chicago slum ⓘ
publicationYear 1958 ⓘ
publisherCountry United States ⓘ
settingCountry United States ⓘ
settingEnvironment slum ⓘ
settingLocation Chicago ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting mid-20th century ⓘ
workOfAuthor Willard Motley ⓘ

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Willard Motley → notableWork → Let No Man Write My Epitaph ⓘ
Willard Motley → wrote → Let No Man Write My Epitaph ⓘ
Philip Leacock → notableWork → Let No Man Write My Epitaph ⓘ
Philip Leacock → directed → Let No Man Write My Epitaph ⓘ
Let No Man Write My Epitaph → hasAdaptation → Let No Man Write My Epitaph (film) ⓘ
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