A comprehensive guide to juvenile fiction written between 1940 and 1975 that depicts handicapped characters.

The stunning, thought-provoking first novel by a "lost giant of American literature" (The New Yorker) June, 1957. One hot afternoon in the backwaters of the Deep South, a young black farmer named Tucker Caliban salts his fields, shoots his horse, burns his house, and heads north with his wife and child. His departure sets off an exodus of the state’s entire black population, throwing the established order into brilliant disarray. Told from the points of view of the white residents who remained, A Different Drummer stands, decades after its first publication in 1962, as an extraordinary and prescient triumph of satire and spirit.

A book about being a jazz and commercial musician in New York, and the author’s run-ins with crooks, cops, drugs, stars, and sex. If he were famous it would have no trouble selling a million copies. However, like the blurred picture, he is a famous unknown, an adventurous kid from Coney Island who managed to stumble into the world of music and make an original life for himself.

This volume is a collective production by Carleton University's anthropology caucus, for use in introductory courses in cultural anthropology. It is an alternative to available textbooks which the caucus feels are mainly American in orientation, and not respectful of third and fourth world peoples.

The original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background — all to help you gain greater insight into great works you're bound to study for school or pleasure. CliffsNotes on A Different Drummer offers a close look at the painstaking craftsmanship of William Melvin Kelley's novel, which expresses life and the African-American experience in a fictional U.S. state in 1957. While earlier writers of African descent were writing mainly to a white audience, Kelley wanted very much to write stories for other black people. He didn't shy away from discussing stereotypes and prejudices of mainstream America as well as the juxtaposition of tradition and enlightenment in regards to race relations. In this study guide, you'll find Life and Background of the Author, an introduction to the novel, Lists of Characters, and more: Critical Commentaries Character Analyses Critical Essays Essay Topics and Review Questions Selected Bibliography Classic literature or modern-day treasure — you'll understand it all with expert information and insight from CliffsNotes study guides.

A comprehensive guide to juvenile fiction written between 1976 and 1981 that depicts handicapped characters.