Sitting on the Gate Post: The Story of Zora Neale Hurston

by Jeff Biggers

Overview

This biography of Zora Neale Hurston examines her childhood of poverty, abandonment and racial discrimination. After her mother died, Zora was sent off to a boarding school. When her father would not pay her expenses, Zora dropped out of the school. She wanted an education, but she had to work as a servant, until she joined a theater troupe. Zora pressed on in her dream to become a writer, attending night school and then college, where she studied literature and Anthropology, and rose above her difficult childhood to be one of America's greatest African-American writers and folklorists.

Written for students and young adult readers, this biography also includes an extensive vocabulary builder and ten thought-provoking review questions. Great for book reports and homeschoolers.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940011817717
Publisher:	William Gladden Foundation Press
Publication date:	10/07/2010
Series:	HeRose & SheRose , #8
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	17 KB

About the Author

Jeff Biggers is the American Book Award-winning of The United States of Appalachia, and In the Sierra Madre. He has worked as a writer, radio correspondent and educator across the United States, Europe, India and Mexico. His award-winning stories have appeared on National Public Radio, Public Radio International and in numerous magazines and newspapers, including The Washington Post, The Nation, The Atlantic Monthly, Salon, among others. He splits his time between Tucson and Illinois. His website is: www.jeffbiggers.com