The South African Quirt - Hardcover

Edmonds, Walter D.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0316211532 ISBN 13: 9780316211536

Publisher: Little Brown & Co, 1985

Synopsis

This autobiographical novel recalls a long-past summer spent on an upstate New York farm, where an embittered, tyrannical lawyer attempts to mold his twelve-year-old son into his own image of manhood

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From School Library Journal:

YA A bittersweet autobiographical novel, this moving story of 12-year-old Natty Dunston's ascent into manhood begins in 1915, when he spends the summer with his sadistic father on the family farm in upstate New York after his ailing mother returns to the city. By day Natty roams the fields and woods with his dog, watches the farm activities and visits with friends. In the evenings Natty is subjected to his father's attemptsmostly anger and criticismto make him grow up. The arrival in the mail of a South African quirta rhinoceros hide whipintensifies the strained father/son relationship. After a terrifying confrontation with his father, Natty begins to mature and gains understanding and courage in dealing with his father. A heartbreaking story, with the tension somewhat allievated in the end because readers know that Natty is a survivor, and that, even though his life will not be easy, he will stand up to the abusive man who terrorizes him and his mother. Carol P. Clark, Fairfax County Public Schools, Va.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Little Brown & Co
• Publication date: 1985
• ISBN 10: 0316211532
• ISBN 13: 9780316211536
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 186