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Sounder is a young adult novel by William H. Armstrong, published in 1969. It is the story of an African-American boy living with his sharecropper family. Although the family's difficulties increase when the father is imprisoned for stealing a ham from work, the boy still hungers for an education.
This story stayed with him throughout his life and ultimately was the inspiration for his award-winning children's book, Sounder. [1] After growing up on a farm near Lexington, Armstrong graduated from the Augusta Military Academy. [2] He attended Hampden-Sydney College, where he wrote for the college newspaper and edited its literary magazine. [1]
Sounder is a 1972 American drama film directed by Martin Ritt and adapted by Lonne Elder III from the 1969 novel by William H. Armstrong. [4] The story concerns an African-American sharecropper family in the Deep South , who struggle with economic and personal hardships during the Great Depression .
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Sounder may refer to: Sounder, a book by William H. Armstrong; Sounder, a film based on the novel; Sounder, a group of wild boar or domestic pigs foraging in woodland; see List of animal names; Sounder, a device that transmits a signal and uses the returned signal to measure characteristics of the propagation medium
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