Curley
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0761828060
ISBN-13
9780761828068
Publisher
University Press of America
Imprint
Hamilton Books
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Mar 15th, 2004
Print length
486 Pages
Weight
626 grams
Dimensions
20.70 x 15.00 x 3.70 cms
Product Classification:
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Curley is a novel based on the life of Russell Norris, a Cherokee Indian from the Qualla Boundary reservation in Western North Carolina. Traveling and working in the Depression-era south, Russell is forced to confront racism and his own battle with alcoholism. Ultimately, this is a story of courage, hope and redemption.
Curley is a novel based on the life of Russell Norris, a Cherokee Indian from the Qualla Boundary reservation in Western North Carolina. After Russell and his family move from the reservation to Cramerton, North Carolina, a textile mill town, Russell''s father takes a job as a foreman in the Cramer Cotton Mill. When Russell is only fifteen-years-old, his father dies, leaving the responsibility of raising and supporting the family on Russell''s young shoulders. Determined not to die in the same mill as his father, Russell packs his guitar and hits the road, supporting his mother and four brothers by playing music throughout the southeastern United States. Traveling and working in the Depression-era south, Russell is forced to confront racism and his own battle with alcoholism. Ultimately, this is a story of courage, hope, and redemption.
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