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Forrest Carter

Born

in Anniston, Alabama, The United States

September 04, 1925

Died

June 07, 1979

Genre

Children's Books, Politics

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Asa Earl "Forrest" Carter was an American political speechwriter and author. He was most notable for publishing novels and a best-selling, award-winning memoir under the name Forrest Carter, an identity as a Native American Cherokee. In 1976, following the publication success of his western The Rebel Outlaw: Josey Wales, The New York Times revealed Forrest Carter to be Southerner Asa Earl Carter. His background became national news again in 1991 after his purported memoir, The Education of Little Tree, was re-issued in paperback and topped the Times paperback best-seller lists (both non-fiction and fiction). It also won the American Booksellers Book of the Year (ABBY) award.

Prior to his literary career as "Forrest", Carter was politically a ...more

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Average rating: 4.15 · 20,863 ratings · 2,231 reviews · 12 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Education of Little Tree by Forrest Carter, Rennard Strickland (Foreword) 4.14 avg rating — 17,633 ratings — published 1976 — 109 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Josey Wales: Two Westerns 4.35 avg rating — 1,548 ratings — published 1989 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gone to Texas 4.10 avg rating — 812 ratings — published 1973 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Watch for Me on the Mountain 4.25 avg rating — 599 ratings — published 1976 — 34 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Vengeance Trail of Josey Wales 3.84 avg rating — 264 ratings — published 1976 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Darkness by Forrest Carter, Rebekah Ham (Illustrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	J. K. Lasser's Taxes Made Easy for Your Home-Based Business 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	George and Lurleen Wallace: the Lives and Careers in Picture and Story of Governor George Wallace and Governer Lurleen Wallace 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The SOUTHERNER Magazine Vol 1, No. 6 August 1956 by Forrest Carter (Editor), Mabry Jesse (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Outlaw Josey Wales 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Forrest Carter (?)

“You cannot know where your people are going if you don't know where your people have been.”
― Forrest Carter, The Education of Little Tree

tags: family, past

83 likes

“It is good that a man's enemies want him dead, for it proves he has lived a life of worth.”
― Forrest Carter, The Outlaw Josey Wales

40 likes

“Everything growing wild is a hundred times stronger than tame things.”
― Forrest Carter, The Education of Little Tree

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What shall we read in January, 2021? Books published in or before 1980.

Horseman, Pass By, by Larry McMurtry

18 votes 40.9%

The Member of the Wedding, by Carson McCullers

8 votes 18.2%

The Confessions of Nat Turner, by William Styron

8 votes 18.2%

Vein of Iron, by Ellen Glasgow

6 votes 13.6%

To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee

2 votes 4.5%

The Education of Little Tree, by Forrest Carter

2 votes 4.5%

44 total votes

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