 |
|
|
Item Details
| Title:
|
THE HAWK AND THE SUN
|
| By: |
Byron Herbert Reece, Hugh Ruppersburg (Foreword) |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| List price:
|
£23.95 |
|
We believe that this item is permanently unavailable, and so we cannot source
it.
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ISBN 10: |
0820316563 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780820316567 |
| Publisher: |
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 August, 1994 |
| Pages: |
200 |
| Description: |
This is one day in the life of Dandelion, a physically impaired man who is the sole black resident in the small, pre-civil rights town of Tilden. After an outpouring of hatred drives away Tilden's black residents, Dandelion survives on handouts and odd jobs - until the town turns against him, too. |
| Synopsis: |
Set in the small-town, pre-civil rights South, The Hawk and the Sun is the story of one day in the life of Dandelion, a physically impaired man who is the sole black resident in the town of Tilden.Years before, the birth of a mixed-race child to a white prostitute had precipitated an outpouring of hatred against Tilden's black citizens, all of whom but Dandelion had been driven from town. In this atmosphere of smoldering self-righteousness, Dandelion survives on handouts and what little he can earn from odd jobs. Finally, the town turns against him as well.Seen hurrying from the house of the neurotic Miss Ella as her screams fill the air of an August morning, Dandelion is apprehended and falsely accused of rape. Before the day's end, he is tortured and lynched. In his rendering of Dandelion, of those who murdered him, of those who looked the other way, and of the lone white man who stood futilely against the mob, Byron Herbert Reece brings his readers face to face with the horrifying spectacle of collective fear and racism. |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
University of Georgia Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
|
|
|
 |
Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr
A celebratory, inclusive and educational exploration of Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr for both children that celebrate and children who want to understand and appreciate their peers who do.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|