Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
by Mildred D. Taylor
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At a glance:
- Author: Mildred D. Taylor
- First Published: 1976
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Historical realism
- Time of Work: October, 1933, to August, 1934
- Setting: Rural Mississippi
- Characters: Cassie Logan, Stacey, Christopher-John, Clayton Chester (Little Man), David Logan (Papa), Mary Logan (Mama), Big Ma, Uncle Hammer, Mr. Morrison
- Genres: Long fiction, Historical fiction
- Subjects: African Americans, Family or family life, Racism, South or Southerners, Depression, economic, Friendship, 1930's, Poverty or poor people, Violence, Farms, farmers, or farming, Mississippi, Hate crimes
- Locales: United States, Mississippi, North America
The Novel
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry is a psychologically realistic, historically accurate picture of African American family life in rural Mississippi. It is also an excellent initiation novel about a young girl growing up to learn about the values and dangers of her Depression-era world.
The Logan family lives in Spokane County, Mississippi, on four hundred acres of land that Cassie Logan’s grandfather, a former slave, purchased years before. Harlan Granger, whose family originally owned the Logan property and who owns all the farms around it (now...
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