The Education of Little Tree | The Education of Little Tree

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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

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.

The Education of Little Tree | The Education of Little Tree

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