Learning Tree - by Gordon Parks (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>The Learning Tree brings us into the inner lives of a black family as they struggle to understand and accept--without malice--the bitter challenge of their special world. "A fine novel . . ".--Boston Herald.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>"A fine novel."<br>THE BOSTON HERALD<br>Photographer, writer, and composer, Gordon Parks has written a moving, true-to-life novel of growing up as a black man in this country in this century. Hailed by critics and readers alike, THE LEARNING TREE tells the extraordinary journey of a family as they struggle to understand the world around them and leave their mark a world that is better for their having been in it.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"Gordon Parks has made a real world...with characters as lusty, humorous, tragic and impelling as those of Faulkner, Williams or Steinbeck".<P>Bangor Daily News<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Gordon Parks </b>(1912-2006) was the author of numerous books of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and photography, including <i>The Learning Tree</i> and <i>A Choice of Weapons</i>. He received a plethora of honorary degrees and awards, including the National Medal of Arts. He was also a film director and composer, and wrote the music and libretto for<i> Martin, </i> a ballet honoring Martin Luther King, Jr.
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