| Zora Neale Hurston: I Have Been in Sorrow's Kitchen Contributor(s): Baskes Litwin, Laura (Author) |
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ISBN: 0766025365 ISBN-13: 9780766025363 Publisher: Enslow Publishing OUR PRICE: $34.13 Product Type: Library Binding Published: July 2008 Annotation: As an anthropologist Hurston studied African-American culture in the South and collected stories and folklore, then as a writer Hurston gave these stories life and made them widely known. This compelling new profile shares how Hurston became one of history's most influential African-American writers. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Literary - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Cultural, Ethnic & Regional |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2005034881 |
| Series: African-American Biographies (Enslow) |
| Physical Information: 0.48" H x 6.78" W x 9.27" (0.88 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Mama exhorted her children at every opportunity to 'jump at de sun, ' says Zora Neale Hurston, We might not land on the sun, but at least we would get off the ground. It is this spirit and ambition that carried Zora Neale Hurston through her travels. As an anthropologist Hurston studied African-American culture in the South and collected stories and folklore, but as a writer Hurston gave these stories life and made them widely known. Zora Neale Hurston is the author of Mules and Men and Their Eyes Were Watching God. Readers of Laura Baskes Litwin's compelling new profile will understand why Hurston is one of history's most influential African-American writers. |