Learning Tree

Gordon Parks

ISBN 10: 0449215040 / ISBN 13: 9780449215043

Published by Fawcett June 1987, 1987

About this Item

Shelf and spine wear -- reader's copy.

Seller Inventory # 178990

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Learning Tree
• Publisher: Fawcett June 1987
• Publication Date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0449215040
• ISBN 13: 9780449215043
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Condition: Used - Acceptable
• Seller catalogs:
  • Fiction

About this title

Synopsis

"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.