While I agree that "The Education of Little Tree" is a good read, it is not autobiographical. The Library of Congress lists it as fiction. The author used this hoax to sell his book. It is a good story anyway, Regina > >I just read your message of about an hour ago about "Benge". I want to read >it. I also would like to recommend a book that made a great impression on me, >and I believe our friends on the list would enjoy reading it. > >"The Education of Little Tree", by Forrest Carter, was originally to be named, >"Me and Grandpa". It is Carter's autobiographical remembrances of life with >his Eastern Cherokee Hill country grandparents, after being orphaned. It is a >touching account of 1930s depression-era life. > >Rennard Strickland in his forward of the book says, "The Education of Little >Tree' is a book from which one never quite recovers. After reading Little >Tree one never again sees the world in quite the same way." > >Probably most of us on the list have read it - for those who haven't I highly >recommend it. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com