The Education of Little Tree - Softcover

Forrest Carter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0826328091 ISBN 13: 9780826328090

Publisher: University of New Mexico Press, 2001

Synopsis

The Education of Little Tree tells of a boy orphaned very young, who is adopted by his Cherokee grandmother and half-Cherokee grandfather in the Appalachian mountains of Tennessee during the Great Depression.

"Little Tree" as his grandparents call him is shown how to hunt and survive in the mountains, to respect nature in the Cherokee Way, taking only what is needed, leaving the rest for nature to run its course.

Little Tree also learns the often callous ways of white businessmen and tax collectors, and how Granpa, in hilarious vignettes, scares them away from his illegal attempts to enter the cash economy. Granma teaches Little Tree the joys of reading and education. But when Little Tree is taken away by whites for schooling, we learn of the cruelty meted out to Indian children in an attempt to assimilate them and of Little Tree's perception of the Anglo world and how it differs from the Cherokee Way.

A classic of its era, and an enduring book for all ages, The Education of Little Tree has now been redesigned for this twenty-fifth anniversary edition.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

The Education of Little Tree tells of a boy orphaned very young, who is adopted by his Cherokee grandmother and half-Cherokee grandfather in the Appalachian mountains of Tennessee during the Great Depression.

About the Author:

Forrest Carter (1925-79) was born and raised in Oxford, Alabama.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0826328091
• ISBN 13: 9780826328090
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 216