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The Education of Little Tree
The Education of Little Tree | Forrest Carter
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The Education of Little Tree tells of a boy orphaned very young, who is adopted by his Cherokee grandmother and half-Cherokee grandfather in the Appalachian mountains of Tennessee during the Great Depression. "Little Tree" as his grandparents call him is shown how to hunt and survive in the mountains, to respect nature in the Cherokee Way, taking only what is needed, leaving the rest for nature to run its course. Little Tree also learns the often callous ways of white businessmen and tax collectors, and how Granpa, in hilarious vignettes, scares them away from his illegal attempts to enter the cash economy. Granma teaches Little Tree the joys of reading and education. But when Little Tree is taken away by whites for schooling, we learn of the cruelty meted out to Indian children in an attempt to assimilate them and of Little Tree's perception of the Anglo world and how it differs from the Cherokee Way. A classic of its era, and an enduring book for all ages, The Education of Little Tree has now been redesigned for this twenty-fifth anniversary edition.
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Hooked_on_books
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I just learned that this book, published as an autobiography of a Cherokee focusing on his boyhood, is a fraud. The author was a white man who was a virulent racist (KKK member) and compatriot of George Wallace. I will not be reading it. On the up side, it helps me in my book reduction efforts for this year.

TrishB That‘s a bit of a head wrecker isn‘t it 🤷‍♀️ 4y
Hooked_on_books @TrishB My jaw actually dropped. Unreal. 4y
Cinfhen WAIT, WHAT??!?!! 😳 4y
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Hooked_on_books @Cinfhen Yup. It‘s since be reclassified as fiction. But it wasn‘t uncovered until after the author‘s death. Crazy, huh? 4y
Cinfhen Terrible!!! What a publishing snafu 4y
Megabooks That‘s awful!!!! 4y
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swynn
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Mom read to us kids constantly, but Dad read us the Bible and little else. So I remember vividly this exception. I was devastated later when I learned it was a literary hoax perpetrated by an ex-Klansman. I can't not feel affection for it anyway

1. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. I still love this song but probably misspell it

2. Family

Thamks for the tag @TheNeverendingTBR and @MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm
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Cosmos_Moon_River Wow, interesting about the book! Thanks for sharing. 4y
MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm Whoa, crazy factoid about the book! Love your word! 😅❤️ 4y
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One of my most favorite books of all time. So much wisdom, beauty, and truth. ❤️

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Jeg
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Someone else's gift to me on my significant birthday. They had to send away for their favourite book. I think this will be the last one. It's been a wonderful birthday getting so many books that my friends have loved. @MrsMalaprop

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suvata
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Pickpick

There's a lot of wisdom on these pages.

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Recommended by a neighbor .... just sinking my teeth into this true Cherokee tale.

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