Description
"A fine novel."
THE BOSTON HERALD
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.
Author: Gordon Parks
Publisher: Fawcett Books
Published: 06/12/1987
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Mass Market Paperbound
Weight: 0.25lbs
Size: 6.80h x 4.10w x 0.70d
ISBN13: 9780449215043
ISBN10: 0449215040
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Classics
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | Psychological
THE BOSTON HERALD
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.
Author: Gordon Parks
Publisher: Fawcett Books
Published: 06/12/1987
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Mass Market Paperbound
Weight: 0.25lbs
Size: 6.80h x 4.10w x 0.70d
ISBN13: 9780449215043
ISBN10: 0449215040
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Classics
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | Psychological
About the Author
Gordon Parks (1912-2006) was the author of numerous books of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and photography, including The Learning Tree and A Choice of Weapons. 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 Martin, a ballet honoring Martin Luther King, Jr.