Roll of thunder, hear my cry
This is an extraordinarily moving novel -- one you will not easily forget. Set in Mississippi at the height of the Depression, it is the story of one family's struggle to maintain their integrity, pride, and independence. It is a story of physical survival, but more important, it is a story of the s...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Dial Press,
[1976]
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| Series: | Taylor, Mildred D. Logans series ;
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| Summary: | This is an extraordinarily moving novel -- one you will not easily forget. Set in Mississippi at the height of the Depression, it is the story of one family's struggle to maintain their integrity, pride, and independence. It is a story of physical survival, but more important, it is a story of the survival of the human spirit. And, too, it is Cassie's story -- Cassie Logan, an independent girl raised by a family for whom independence is primary, a family determined not to relinquish their humanity simply because they are Black. Cassie has grown up protected, grown up strong, and so far grown up unaware that any white person could force her to be untrue to herself, could consider her inferior and treat her accordingly. It took the events of one turbulent year -- the year of the night riders and the burnings, the year a white girl humiliated Cassie in public simply because she was Black -- to show Cassie why the land meant so much, why having a place of their own where they answered to no one permitted the Logans the luxuries of pride and courage their sharecropper neighbors couldn't afford and their white neighbors couldn't allow. Richly characterized, powerfully told, Mildred Taylor's novel is unforgettable. The Logans' story is at times warm and humorous, at times terrifying. It is a story of courage and love and pride, the story of one family's passionate determination not to be beaten down. - Back cover. A black family living in Mississippi during the Depression of the 1930s is faced with prejudice and discrimination which its children do not understand. |
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| Item Description: | Sequel: Let the circle be unbroken. |
| Physical Description: | 276 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Audience: | 920L |
| Awards: | Coretta Scott King Author Award Honor, 1976 Newbery Medal, 1977 |
| ISBN: | 9781101993880 110199388X 9780140384512 0140384510 014034893X 9780140348934 0142401129 9780142401125 0803774737 9780803774735 0590982079 9780590982078 9781451724936 1451724934 0803726473 9780803726475 9780590389273 0590389270 |
| Author Notes: | Mildred D. Taylor is the author of nine novels including The Road to Memphis , Let the Circle Be Unbroken , The Land , The Well , and Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry . Her books have won numerous awards, among them a Newbery Medal (for Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry ), four Coretta Scott King Awards, and a Boston Globe--Horn Book Award. Her book The Land was awarded the L.A. Times Book Prize and the PEN Award for Children's Literature. In 2003, Ms. Taylor was named the First Laureate of the NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's Literature. Ms. Taylor now devotes her time to her family, writing, and what she terms "the family ranch" in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. |
