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Record Nr.

UNINA9910135121003321

Autore

Hoover Elizabeth

Titolo

Walter Dean Myers / / by Elizabeth Hoover

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Detroit : , : Lucent Books, , 2014

ISBN

1-4205-1177-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (96 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)

Collana

People in the News

Disciplina

813/.54

Soggetti

Authors, American - 20th century

Young adult literature - Authorship

African American authors

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: One-man movement -- ch 1. The secret joy of books -- ch 2. A rocky start to a writing career -- ch 3. A writer's life -- ch 4. Pain and possibility on the streets of Harlem -- ch 5. From the real to the realer -- ch 6. An ambassador for reading.

Sommario/riassunto

Profiles the life and career of the groundbreaking African-American children's and young adults' author, Walter Dean Myers.