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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.
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 .
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 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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Bucky and Sounder return to the Jackpine to set out their lines and spend the season working them. When most of the traps are ravaged by a wolverine, Bucky saves the fur season and an injured Sounder by killing the wolverine when it attacks him. Unfortunately the bottom of the fur market has inexplicably fallen out and they realize only a ...
Kevin Hooks (born September 19, 1958) is an American actor, and a television and film director; he is notable for his roles in Aaron Loves Angela and Sounder, but may be best known as Morris Thorpe from TV's The White Shadow.
Caryl Ledner (née Caryl Betty Goldsmith; [1] March 22, 1921 [2] – March 31, 1984 [3]) was an American television scriptwriter and story editor, novelist and biographer, best known for her Emmy-winning script for the 1977 made-for-TV film Mary White.