Forrest Carter (1925–1979)
Author of The Education of Little Tree
About the Author
Forrest Carter (1925-71) also wrote Josey Wales: Two Westerns.
Series
Works by Forrest Carter
Associated Works
Reader's Digest Auswahlbücher 133 - Ein Schrei in der Nacht. Der Stern der Cherokee. Blindlings. Ich nannte ihn Yukon. (1984) 5 copies
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: Sunflower • The Passing Bells • The Education of Little Tree • The Mountain Farm (1979) 4 copies
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: The Devil's Alternative • The Education of Little Tree • The Tightrope Walker •… — Author — 2 copies
Het Beste Boek 109: De opvoeding van Kleine Boom / De grote brug / Geen uitweg mogelijk / De stilte van het noorden (1983) 2 copies, 1 review
Marie Curie - L'uomo di Pietroburgo - "Piccolo albero" - A cuore aperto — Author — 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Carter, Asa Earl
- Other names
- Carter, Forrest
- Birthdate
- 1925-09-24
- Date of death
- 1979-06-07
- Burial location
- Anniston, Alabama, USA
DeArmanville Methodist Church, east of Oxford, Alabama, USA - Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Anniston, Alabama, USA
- Place of death
- Abilene, Texas, USA
- Places of residence
- Anniston, Alabama, USA
Sweetwater,Texas, USA
Abilene, Texas, USA - Education
- University of Colorado
- Occupations
- Author, Broadcasting, Politics, Speechwriter
- Relationships
- Wallace, George C.
- Organizations
- Ku Klux Klan
Northern Alabama Citizen's Council
American State's Rights Association - Awards and honors
- The American Booksellers Book of the Year (ABBY) award (for "The Education of Little Tree")
- Short biography
- Asa Carter was a speechwriter for Alabama politician George Wallace in the 1960s, but gained more fame in the '70s and '80s as novelist Forrest Carter, whose book "The Education of Little Tree" was a bestseller. The book purported to be an autobiographical account of growing up in Tennessee with Cherokee grandparents. First published in 1976 (and re-issued in 1986), it was considered by many to be an instant classic of Native American literature. After Carter died (from injuries he got in a 1979 fistfight), it was revealed that he was, in fact, Asa Earl Carter, a former radio announcer and Ku Klux Klan member, and that his "autobiography" was a work of fiction.
Carter also wrote Gone To Texas (1973), which became the Clint Eastwood movie The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976).
http://www.answers.com/topic/asa-earl...See Carter's biography in the online Encyclopedia of Alabama.
Members
Discussions
Who wrote "The Education of Little Tree"? in Indigenous Peoples (July 2014)
Reviews
The education of Little Tree by Forrest Carter
One of those books I've heard about for years but never got around to reading.[return]The ending made me cry. I could have rated it higher but the dialect sometimes felt too much. I can see how it was needed, to illustrate Grampa's lack of education & allow for the times when he confused words' meanings.[return]After his parents die, a young boy lives with his grandparents somewhere in southeastern hill country. They are Cherokee, and foster his love of nature, knowledge of plants and animal ways, and moral values. Even tho it is told in a fairly simplistic style, and could be read to children of a young age, the values are important for those of us of any age.[return]It could also serve as a good introduction to the history of White-Indian relations, as we meet Willow John and learn he's had "dead eyes" since coming back from the long walk to Oklahoma, and as Little Tree stays strong through the abuse dealt him at the orphanage. Little Tree is such a loving-hearted child, he brightened the lives of these old folks he lived with.[return]2011 review.… (more)
½One of those books I've heard about for years but never got around to reading.
The ending made me cry. I could have rated it higher but the dialect sometimes felt too much. I can see how it was needed, to illustrate Grampa's lack of education & allow for the times when he confused words' meanings.
After his parents die, a young boy lives with his grandparents somewhere in southeastern hill country. They are Cherokee, and foster his love of nature, knowledge of plants and animal ways, and moral values. Even tho it is told in a fairly simplistic style, and could be read to children of a young age, the values are important for those of us of any age.
It could also serve as a good introduction to the history of White-Indian relations, as we meet Willow John and learn he's had "dead eyes" since coming back from the long walk to Oklahoma, and as Little Tree stays strong through the abuse dealt him at the orphanage. Little Tree is such a loving-hearted child, he brightened the lives of these old folks he lived with.
2011 review.… (more)
The ending made me cry. I could have rated it higher but the dialect sometimes felt too much. I can see how it was needed, to illustrate Grampa's lack of education & allow for the times when he confused words' meanings.
After his parents die, a young boy lives with his grandparents somewhere in southeastern hill country. They are Cherokee, and foster his love of nature, knowledge of plants and animal ways, and moral values. Even tho it is told in a fairly simplistic style, and could be read to children of a young age, the values are important for those of us of any age.
It could also serve as a good introduction to the history of White-Indian relations, as we meet Willow John and learn he's had "dead eyes" since coming back from the long walk to Oklahoma, and as Little Tree stays strong through the abuse dealt him at the orphanage. Little Tree is such a loving-hearted child, he brightened the lives of these old folks he lived with.
2011 review.… (more)
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