- Depressions, Trees in fiction, Trees, Fiction
During the Depression, a rural black family deeply attached to the forest on their land tries to save it from being cut down by an unscrupulous white man.
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Earnest, classical in form, grave and resolved.
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- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- resolvedopen-ended
- intimateepic
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About the book
- Author
- Mildred D. Taylor
- First published
- 1975
- Pages
- 53
- Publisher
- Yearling, Econo-Clad Books, Dial Press
- Editions
- 13
- Language
- English, und
- ISBN
- 9780553267563
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“"Cassie. Cassie, child, wake up now," Big Ma called gently as the new sun peeked over the horizon.”
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