The Learning Tree

Name: The Learning Tree
Author: Gordon Parks

by Gordon Parks

Novel following a Kansas Black boy's coming of age amid racism and personal tragedy

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Gordon Parks

Gordon Parks was a photographer, filmmaker, and writer whose autobiographical novel The Learning Tree drew on his Kansas childhood to create a moving account of Black rural life and coming of age. He was a pioneering figure in multiple American art forms.

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