Book by Parks Gordon
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"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.
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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Vendeur : Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, Etats-Unis
Etat : Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. N° de réf. du vendeur GRP102659317
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Vendeur : ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, Etats-Unis
Hardcover. Etat : Fair. No Jacket. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. N° de réf. du vendeur G0060132809I5N11
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Vendeur : ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, Etats-Unis
Hardcover. Etat : Fair. No Jacket. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. N° de réf. du vendeur G0060132809I5N11
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Vendeur : Ivy Ridge Books/Scott Cranin, Fayetteville, NY, Etats-Unis
hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. First Edition. Dust jacket has significant surface wear, edge wear, chips on corners, tears head/tail of spine, soiling on rear, price clipped, old tape repairs on rear of dj - quite well done - G+ or VG-. Black cloth boards are a little dusty on the edges, lightly rubbed corners, spine text worn, sunned and worn head/tail. Interior is clean, first edition (G-N) July 1963 printing. Photographer/director/author Gordon Parks' semi-autobiographical novel gives us a deeply personal look at life in the Jim Crow era. All orders packed with care, most dust jackets protected by Brodart sleeve, independent bookseller since 2011. N° de réf. du vendeur 14029
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Vendeur : Joseph Valles - Books, Stockbridge, GA, Etats-Unis
Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. 1st Edition. 1st ed., 303 pages ; 22 cm LCCN 63016528 LC PS3566.A73 ISBN: 9780060132804, 0060132809 ; Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks was an American photographer, composer, author, poet, and filmmaker, who became prominent in U.S. documentary photojournalism in the 1940s through 1970s-particularly in issues of civil rights, poverty and African Americans-and in glamour photography. ; Newt is a young Negro boy growing up in Kansas, part of a large and wholly believable family. In the 1920s as he enters his teens in the racially segregated small town, events involving a group of delinquents and a cyclone are as dramatic as life gets.The family and their relations with each other and with whites are convincing. The novel observes the daily, less dramatic events that surround and involve Newt and his family with clear eyes, and is warm, well-written, and very much alive. Autobiographical novel by famed photographer Gordon Parks. ; "A Harper find"--Dust jacket ; FINE/FINE. Book. N° de réf. du vendeur 010272
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