Like a Tree

Kytle, Calvin

ISBN 10: 1603060367 / ISBN 13: 9781603060363

Published by NEWSOUTH BOOKS, 2008

About this Item

&Uumlber den AutorOver his long career, Calvin Kytle has been a journalist, academic, author, and publisher. He was also the first deputy director of the U.S. Community Relations Service during the civil rights era. Like A Tr.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Like a Tree
• Publisher: NEWSOUTH BOOKS
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1603060367
• ISBN 13: 9781603060363
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

It was 1935, the sixth year of the Great Depression. Most of the population was living on faith, hope, and denial. Still, it was not a bad year to be sixteen--if you were white, middle-class, Protestant, and lucky enough to be living in Atlanta. Like a Tree is the story of the Krueger family and how they coped and conquered through the spirit-breaking years of the nineteen-thirties. In a larger context, Like a Tree is about the South's white liberal minority that worked quietly and largely underground, fighting prejudice, segregation, and ignorance to emancipate future generations. Early reviewers have called this book "touching," "absorbing," "powerful, "important," "original," "richly textured." It is a testament to perseverance, love, goodwill, and the fortitude of ordinary human beings.

About the Author

CALVIN KYTLE (1920-2008) was a writer, editor, and publisher whose work appeared in Harper's, the New York Times Book Review, and Saturday Review. He lived in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.