The Learning Tree brings us into the inner lives of a black family as they struggle to understand and accept--without malice--the bitter challenge of their special world. A fine novel . . .--Boston Herald.
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"Gordon Parks has made a real world...with characters as lusty, humorous, tragic and impelling as those of Faulkner, Williams or Steinbeck".
Bangor Daily News
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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