IN THE DEEP HEART'S CORE

Johnston, Michael

ISBN 10: 080211721X / ISBN 13: 9780802117212

Published by Grove Press, 2002, 2002

About this Item

First edition hardback. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR ON THE TITLE PAGE. Fine in Fine Jacket.

Seller Inventory # 11806

Bibliographic Details

• Title: IN THE DEEP HEART'S CORE
• Publisher: Grove Press, 2002
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 080211721X
• ISBN 13: 9780802117212
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
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Synopsis

A Teach for America volunteer recounts his own tenuous education as well as his tenure in the rural Mississippi Delta, one of the poorest districts in the country, during which he encountered fierce racial divisions, drug problems, and gang violence.

Review

"This is a deep and profound work, written with simple-eyed clarity, about one man's journey into the heart of the real America, the one we never see, the one we only see from behind the wheel of a tightly locked car. Michael Johnston's class at Greenville High is a place of hope, despair, tragedy, encouragement, and joy. I admire his students and I am a better person having read about them."