The Learning Tree (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)

Parks, Gordon

ISBN 10: 0808514326 ISBN 13: 9780808514329

Publisher: Turtleback Books, 1987

Synopsis

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. An African American boy in rural Kansas of the 1920s must make a difficult decision after he witnesses a murder.

About this title

From the Inside Flap

"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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Turtleback Books
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0808514326
• ISBN 13: 9780808514329
• Binding: School & Library Binding
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 240