| Like Trees, Walking Contributor(s): Howard, Ravi (Author) |
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ISBN: 0060529601 ISBN-13: 9780060529604 Publisher: Harper Paperbacks OUR PRICE: $14.39 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2008 Annotation: Based on the true story of one of the last recorded lynchings in America, this haunting debut novel will resonate among readers for its perfectly etched characters and its brilliant portrayal of the South. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.65" H x 5.5" W x 8.06" (0.47 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1980's - Cultural Region - South - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Geographic Orientation - Alabama - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Locality - Mobile, Alabama |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Based on the true story of a modern-day lynching in America, Ravi Howard's widely acclaimed debut novel exposes one of the most tragic chapters in the history of the American South. On the morning of March 21, 1981, in Mobile, Alabama, nineteen-year-old Michael Donald was found dead, his body badly beaten and hanging from a tree on Herndon Avenue. Brothers Paul and Roy Deacon of the Deacon Memorial Funeral Home are called upon to bury their close friend and classmate, and the experience will leave them forever changed. Along with other residents of their hometown, the Deacon brothers must struggle to understand the circumstances surrounding Donald's murder--the city's first lynching in more than sixty years and a gruesome reminder of racial inequalities in the New South. |
Contributor Bio(s): Howard, Ravi: - Ravi Howard won the Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence for his novel Like Trees, Walking. He was also a finalist for the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award. He has received fellowships and awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, Hurston/Wright Foundation, Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, and the New Jersey Council on the Arts. As a sports producer with NFL Films, he won an Emmy for his work on Inside the NFL. |