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  1. 4.34. 345 ratings38 reviews. Willard Motley's 1947 best seller shocked the nation with its harsh depiction of the dark underbelly of the American dream. Knock on Any Door dramatizes young immigrant Nick Romano's struggle to survive when his father's business folds, leaving his family with no choice but to move to a poor neighborhood across town.

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  2. Mar 1, 1989 · Paperback – March 1, 1989. by Willard Motley (Author), Robert E. Fleming (Introduction) 4.7 40 ratings. See all formats and editions. Willard Motley's 1947 best seller shocked the nation with its harsh depiction of the dark underbelly of the American dream. Knock on Any Door dramatizes young immigrant Nick Romano's struggle to survive when ...

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  4. Motley's first and best known novel was Knock on Any Door (1947), which was made into a movie of the same name (1949). Biography. Early life and career. Motley was born and grew up in the Englewood neighborhood, South Side, Chicago, in one of the few African-American families residing in that neighborhood at the time. The family was Catholic. [2] .

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    • Knock on Any Door (1947);, Let No Man Write My Epitaph (1958)
    • Englewood High School
  5. Hardcover – January 1, 1947. Knock on Any Door dramatizes young immigrant Nick Romano's struggle to survive when his father's business folds, leaving his family with no choice but to move to a poor neighborhood across town.

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  6. Willard Motley's 1947 best seller shocked the nation with its harsh depiction of the dark underbelly of the American dream. Knock on Any Door dramatizes young immigrant Nick Romano's struggle...

    • Willard Motley
    • Northern Illinois University Press, 1989
    • reprint, revised
    • Knock on Any Door
  7. Books. Knock on Any Door. Willard Motley. D. Appleton-Century Company, 1947 - American fiction - 501 pages. "Willard Motley's 1947 best seller shocked the nation with its harsh depiction of...

  8. Mar 1, 1989 · Knock on Any Door dramatizes young immigrant Nick Romano's struggle to survive when his father's business folds, leaving his family with no choice but to move to a poor neighborhood across town.

    • Willard Motley
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