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Zora Neale Hurston: I Have Been in Sorrow's Kitchen


Book Description
"Mama exhorted her children at every opportunity to 'jump at de sun,'" says Zora Neale Hurston, "We might not land on the sun, but at least we would get off the ground." It is this spirit and ambition that carried Zora Neale Hurston through her travels. As an anthropologist Hurston studied African-American culture in the South and collected stories and folklore, but as a writer Hurston gave these ... More
Book Information
PublisherEnslow Publishers, Inc.
BindingLibrary Binding (3 editions)
Reading LevelYoung Adults
# of Pages128
ISBN-100766025365
ISBN-13978-0766025363
Publication Date01/01/2007
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About Laura Baskes Litwin (Author) : Laura Baskes Litwin is a published author of children's books and young adult books. Some of the published credits of Laura Baskes Litwin include Dorothea Lange: A Life in Pictures (People to Know Tod... more
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