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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 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
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 .
The book was adapted into a 1977 movie of the same name. [26] In 1980 Ali and Durham wrote the article "Why I Must Fight" for Umoja Sasa. [27] Durham also wrote for the Illinois Writers Project, Here Comes Tomorrow (WJJD/Chicago) and Ebony Magazine. [1] His own short book of poetry, Night Windowpanes, was published in 1975. [28]
Part 2, Sounder is a 1976 American drama film directed by William A. Graham. [2] It is the sequel to the 1972 Oscar -nominated film Sounder , which in turn is based on William H. Armstrong 's Newbery Award -winning novel of the same name .
The Sound of Thunder describes the progress of the Second Boer War through Sean's own actions, first in harrowing missions in the front lines for the British Guides, then as the leader of a commando designed to fight the Boers on their own terms – guerrilla combat in the veld.
Number the Stars is a work of historical fiction by the American author Lois Lowry about the escape of a family of Jews from Copenhagen, Denmark, during World War II.. The story revolves around ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen, who lives with her mother, father, and sister Kirsti in Copenhagen in 1943.