The Land (Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner)
The son of a prosperous landowner and a former slave, Paul-Edward Logan is unlike any other boy he knows.
Work Information
The son of a prosperous landowner and a former slave, Paul-Edward Logan is unlike any other boy he knows.
The son of a prosperous landowner and a former slave, Paul-Edward Logan is unlike any other boy he knows. His white father has acknowledged him and raised him openly-something unusual in post-Civil War Georgia. But as he grows into a man he learns that life for someone like him is not easy. Black people distrust him because he looks white. White people discriminate against him when they learn of his black heritage. Even within his own family he faces betrayal and degradation. So at the age of fourteen, he sets out toward the only dream he has ever had: to find land every bit as good as his father's, and make it his own. Once again inspired by her own history, Ms. Taylor brings truth and power to the newest addition to the award-winning Logan family stories.
Book Information
- Publisher
- Dial
- Published
- 2001-09-01
- Pages
- 392 pages
- Language
- 英語
- Size
- 15.95 x 3.35 x 23.67 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9780803719507
- ISBN-10
- 9780803719507
- Price
- 11457 JPY
- Category
- 洋書/Children's Books/Geography & Cultures/Multicultural Stories/Black & African American
Winner of the Coretta Scott King Award! Millions of fans have followed the Logan family in their seven-book series. Living in the South in the not-so-distant past, the Logans are the only black family to own farmland, while most of their black neighbors are sharecroppers on white-owned land. But where did this valuable legacy come from? The story begins with Paul-Edward Logan, grandfather of Cassie Logan, the beloved protagonist of Newbery Medal–winning Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry . Born during the Civil War, Paul-Edward is the son of a white plantation owner and a former slave. Though not an unusual heritage, his upbringing is. Paul-Edward’s white father sees to it that he and his sister have many of the privileges their white half-brothers enjoy. But at fourteen, Paul-Edward runs away to seek his fortune. His story is filled with exciting, sometimes heart-breaking adventures, and what is most amazing, his dream of land-ownership, almost impossible for a black person to accomplish in the post–Civil War South, becomes reality. The Land, like all the books in this award-winning series, is based on the experiences of the Taylor family, bringing historical truth and power to this awe-inspiring story.
Mildred D. Taylor is the author of nine novels including The Road to Memphis , Let the Circle Be Unbroken , The Land , and Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry . Her books have won numerous awards, among them a Newbery Medal (for Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry ), four Coretta Scott King Awards, and a Boston GlobeHorn Book Award. Her book The Land was awarded the L.A. Times Book Prize and the PEN Award for Children’s Literature. In 2003, Ms. Taylor was named the First Laureate of the NSK Neustadt Prize for Children’s Literature. Mildred Taylor was born in Jackson, Mississippi, and grew up in Toledo, Ohio. After graduating from the University of Toledo, she served in the Peace Corps in Ethiopia for two years and then spent the next year traveling throughout the United States, working and recruiting for the Peace Corps. At the University of Colorado’s School of Journalism, she helped created a Black Studies program and taught in the program for two years. Ms. Taylor has worked as a proofreader-editor and as program coordinator for an international house and a community free school. She now devotes her time to her family, writing, and what she terms the family ranch” in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains.
Reviews
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The Land is not merely entertainment, but enlightenment. Out of the hundreds of fiction books I've read, this one has impacted me the most. Perhaps I am just employing hyperbole, but hear me out: In a quest to own land, the main character, Paul, experiences incredible pain and miracles. His greatest struggle arises from his colored skin. Even though his father is white, his mother is colored and he's treated as such. First of all, the book's themes of hard work and discipline put me to shame; I consider myself diligent, but I still moan about emptying the dishwasher or other chores around the house. The main character, at one point, works 14-hour days, seven days a week, to accomplish his goal. And just as profound, we see the extent of racial discrimination and injustice, as all this hard work goes to waste because of a white man's shameless breach of contract. I have grown up in an age where the color of one's skin truly means nothing to me, beyond hinting at heritage, so it's shocking to see that just over a hundred years ago there was such a disparity between white and black human beings. This book illustrated to me the need for a Civil Rights Movement, a need to reform the way we think about people; I'm glad because, for all it's defects, our society embraces and respects diversity. There is much to respect in the way Paul conducts matters of business and keeps himself from being indebted to anyone, even his own father. It could come off as arrogant or too independent, and often does in his dealings with white men or "betters," but, again, I respect that. Other themes include: family, respect, brotherly love. Furthermore, the author describes her experiences in trying to own land, and most of the plot is based on real-life history of her great-grandfather. I guess you just can't make this stuff up. I highly recommend this book to everyone of my generation and generations to come.
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What a brilliant book. My friend told me to read it years ago after he had to read "roll of thunder hear my cry" for school. I'm a big reader and was a bit unsure as I hadn't had to read the same books. I read it and loved it but since moving 3 times and once to a different country, it was one of the last things on my mind to buy, but it popped up one day and I had to buy it. And because its kindle I have it forever---- This is a book that grips you from the beginning, no matter what your ethnicity is. For me, reading this book as an adult 11 years after the first time, I found myself gripped and didn't wanna put it down. It's the kind of book that's pure, coming from the heart and whether or not it's true, it makes u wish it is. You start reading this book the same as any other and find yourself inside the story, losing time as if you're there yourself. By far the best of hundreds I've read, sorry Miss Taylor "Rolling Thunder Hear My Cry" has to be second. This is the best
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good for young child to read about the history of americans- foundation of the country.
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Beautiful book, well written, really enjoyed it ❤️
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I thoroughly enjoyed reading this story, because it was interesting as as thought provoking. I read two of Ms. Taylor's novels some years ago so I thought that I would enjoy dipping into the past once more through a fictional narrative. The author is very skillful in drawing the reader into the experiences of the main characters. Ms. Taylor almost effortlessly generates emotional responses in the reader. The reader can sympathize and empathize with the focus family as they navigate the treacherous waters of race relations in the post Civil War South. Even though this is a work of fiction, readers can glean some information about the social mores of the time. We learn about the stigma of color and the treatment of Blacks and mixed race people by others. Prejudice and injustice abound. The major characters are well drawn. The main character's objective is very clear, and he never loses sight of it. Belonging is one of the themes in The. Land. I consider this novel to be extremely well written.