The Education of Little Tree (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Forrest Carter
- First Published: 1976
- Time of Work: The 1930’s
- Setting: The Tennessee mountains near Chattanooga
- Principal Characters: Little Tree, Granpa Wales, Granma, Pine Billy, Willow John, Mr. Wine, Wilburn
- Genres: Nonfiction, Autobiography
- Subjects: Maturation or coming of age, Adolescence, Autobiography, Education or educators, 1930’s, Native Americans or American Indians, Grandparents or grandchildren, Orphans or orphanages
- Locales: Chattagnooga, TN
Form and Content
Forrest Carter’s The Education of Little Tree begins in the winter of 1930, when Little Tree is orphaned at the age of five and goes to live with Granma and Granpa Wales in the mountains near Chattanooga, Tennessee. The chapters are largely episodic, with more emphasis on the daily lives of Granma, Granpa, and Little Tree than on narrative movement and action, though humor and excitement abound. The grandparents are depicted as loving and nurturing guardians who are sensitive to the needs of their five-year-old charge.
As the title promises, the...
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