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The Learning Tree

Gordon Parks

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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.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Turtleback Books
  • Publish Date: Jun 1st, 1987
  • Pages: 230
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 6.60in - 4.00in - 0.80in - 0.35lb
  • EAN: 9780812416046
  • Categories: • Classics• Literary

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The #ArborDay series on tree-tastic stories continues with the meanings & legacies of Gordon Parks' ground-breaking autobiographical novel & film, The Learning Tree! #literature #twitterstorians @johnedwinmason https://t.co/EaEgB456fQ

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Since 1984, we’ve dedicated ourselves to gathering and publishing the greatest films from around the world. For our streaming service follow @criterionchannl.

With our edition of Gordon Parks’s historic debut feature THE LEARNING TREE (1969) now on @criterionchannl, read @odienator on how the film imbues a coming-of-age story with the visual sensibility Parks developed in his celebrated career as a photographer. https://t.co/3h15SqqZvn

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Literary agent interested in finding what a book wants to be. Authors Guild member.

RT @Criterion: With THE LEARNING TREE, Gordon Parks not only became the first Black American director to make a Hollywood studio film, he a…

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Praise for this book

"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

What people are saying

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Ben Railton
@AmericanStudier
3 years

Prof of Amer Lit & Studies. Dad to 2 amazing young men. We the People: https://t.co/HSQd0cfKJa; Of Thee I Sing: https://t.co/bSkmCeE703. #ScholarSunday guru. he/him

The #ArborDay series on tree-tastic stories continues with the meanings & legacies of Gordon Parks' ground-breaking autobiographical novel & film, The Learning Tree! #literature #twitterstorians @johnedwinmason https://t.co/EaEgB456fQ

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Criterion Collection
@Criterion
3 years

Since 1984, we’ve dedicated ourselves to gathering and publishing the greatest films from around the world. For our streaming service follow @criterionchannl.

With our edition of Gordon Parks’s historic debut feature THE LEARNING TREE (1969) now on @criterionchannl, read @odienator on how the film imbues a coming-of-age story with the visual sensibility Parks developed in his celebrated career as a photographer. https://t.co/3h15SqqZvn

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