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Newt Winger is an African-American teenager living in rural Kansas in the late 1920s and early 1930s. He generally confronts the prejudices of the era with pride and an even temper, unlike his hot-headed friend Marcus Savage. As circumstances slowly pull Newt and Marcus further apart, Newt witnesses a murder – one committed by Marcus' father Booker. When Newt's decision to come forward as a witness leads to Booker's death, Marcus ambushes and confronts Newt with a gun – resulting in a vicious fight. Newt wins the fight but spares Marcus' life, only to watch helplessly as Marcus is shot and killed by a racist sheriff.
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"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.
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.
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ISBN 10: 0060132809
ISBN 13: 9780060132804
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The Learning Tree
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ISBN 10: 0060132809
ISBN 13: 9780060132804
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The Learning Tree
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ISBN 13: 9780060132804
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The Learning Tree, A Novel by Gordon Parks (1st Ed)
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ISBN 10: 0060132809
ISBN 13: 9780060132804
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hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Dust jacket has significant surface wear, edge wear, chips on corners, tears head/tail of spine, soiling on rear, price clipped, old tape repairs on rear of dj - quite well done - G+ or VG-. Black cloth boards are a little dusty on the edges, lightly rubbed corners, spine text worn, sunned and worn head/tail. Interior is clean, first edition (G-N) July 1963 printing. Photographer/director/author Gordon Parks' semi-autobiographical novel gives us a deeply personal look at life in the Jim Crow era. All orders packed with care, most dust jackets protected by Brodart sleeve, independent bookseller since 2011. Seller Inventory # 14029
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The Learning Tree
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ISBN 10: 0060132809
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st ed., 303 pages ; 22 cm LCCN 63016528 LC PS3566.A73 ISBN: 9780060132804, 0060132809 ; Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks was an American photographer, composer, author, poet, and filmmaker, who became prominent in U.S. documentary photojournalism in the 1940s through 1970s-particularly in issues of civil rights, poverty and African Americans-and in glamour photography. ; Newt is a young Negro boy growing up in Kansas, part of a large and wholly believable family. In the 1920s as he enters his teens in the racially segregated small town, events involving a group of delinquents and a cyclone are as dramatic as life gets.The family and their relations with each other and with whites are convincing. The novel observes the daily, less dramatic events that surround and involve Newt and his family with clear eyes, and is warm, well-written, and very much alive. Autobiographical novel by famed photographer Gordon Parks. ; "A Harper find"--Dust jacket ; FINE/FINE. Book. Seller Inventory # 010272