The Education of Little Tree

The star of the Cherokee ( original English Title: The Education of Little Tree ) is a novella that Asa Earl Carter wrote under the pseudonym Forrest Carter. It was published in 1976 by Delacorte Press. Many of the readers were impressed by the message communicated ( simple living, appreciation of traditions, love of nature ). However, a controversy arose when, in 1991, published by a history professor from Dan T. Carter ( a distant relative of the author ) article " The Transformation of a Klansman " in the New York Times became public that the author is a member of the Ku - Klux Klan had been.

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The novel begins in the 1930s, feeding than the five -year-old Little Tree with his Cherokee grandparents. These bring the boy with valuable lessons about nature, spirituality, the lives of the Cherokee and the life in the mountains. The grandfather burns at the time of Prohibition whiskey secretly, but presented as sympathetic and generous. Little Tree is taken away from his grandparents and placed in an orphanage. There he is confronted with prejudices about the Indians. After him his grandfather liberated.

Controversy

A controversy arose as the true identity of Asa Earl Carter was known. There were allegations that Indians would portrayed in the book as " noble savages ". It was also the author accused, his book would mistakenly act like memoirs. Indeed, the plot of the book is fictitious.