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City Children, Country Summer - by Lawrence Wright (Paperback)
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Highlights
- An up-close account of the experience of inner city New York kids--black and Latino, from ghettos and projects--who spent a summer in an Amish and Mennonite farm community in Central Pennsylvania in the late 1970s, sponsored by the Fresh Air Fund.
- About the Author: Lawrence Wright is a staff writer for The New Yorker and a fellow at the Center on Law and Security at New York University School of Law.
- 216 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres, City Life
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Book Synopsis
An up-close account of the experience of inner city New York kids--black and Latino, from ghettos and projects--who spent a summer in an Amish and Mennonite farm community in Central Pennsylvania in the late 1970s, sponsored by the Fresh Air Fund. City Chidren, Country Summer follows these children as they navigate two very different worlds, from Lawrence Wright, author of The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11, winner of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction.
About the Author
Lawrence Wright is a staff writer for The New Yorker and a fellow at the Center on Law and Security at New York University School of Law. The author of six works of nonfiction, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11, he lives in Austin, Texas
Dimensions (Overall): 8.4 Inches (H) x 5.5 Inches (W) x .8 Inches (D)
Weight: .45 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Sub-Genre: City Life
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Number of Pages: 216
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
Format: Paperback
Author: Lawrence Wright
Language: English
Street Date: December 14, 2013
TCIN: 93195533
UPC: 9781476771946
Item Number (DPCI): 247-18-3038
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship weight: 0.45 pounds
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