Armstrong, William Howard

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Sounder

A young Negro boy learns the pain of humiliation and anger when his father is given an unjust jail sentence for stealing a ham from a white man. Learning to read and to discover that things do not die but become part of other things brings the youngster new hope.

Sounder

2006
Angry and humiliated when his sharecropper father is jailed for stealing food for his family, a young African-American boy grows in courage and understanding with the help of the devoted dog Sounder.

The mills of God

1973
A poor country boy finally realizes his dream of owning a dog but his father's employer, owner of all the surrounding land, insists the dog must go.

The MacLeod place

1972
An old Virginia farmer and his grandson fight to save their land in the Blue Ridge Mountains from being taken by the government for a system of parks and highways.

Hadassah

Esther the orphan queen
1972
Retells the Bible story of Esther who, as Queen of Persia and a Jew, was able to save her people from extermination.

Sour land

1975
For Anson Stone and his three motherless children, the quiet black man who enters their lives as teacher and friend fills a lonely void but also brings home a tragic reality.

Sounder

1999
Angry and humiliated when his sharecropper father is jailed for stealing food for his family, a young black boy grows in courage and understanding by learning to read and with the help of the devoted dog Sounder.

Sounder

2003
A young black boy grows in courage and understanding by learning to read and through his relationship with his devoted dog Sounder.

SOUNDER

2008
Angry and humiliated when his sharecropper father is jailed for stealing food for his family, a young African-American boy grows in courage and understanding with the help of the devoted dog Sounder.

Barefoot in the grass

The life of the artist who began her prolific career at the age of seventy.

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