{"product_id":"hungry-heart-a-memoir-9780743269032","title":"Hungry Heart: A Memoir","description":"\u003cb\u003eAcclaimed photographer, filmmaker, composer, novelist, and memoirist, Gordon Parks has participated in, been witness to, and documented many of the major events in the twentieth and the twenty-first centuries.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eA Hungry Heart, \u003c\/i\u003e Parks reflects on the people and events that shaped him: from growing up poor on the Kansas prairie to crisscrossing the country on the North Coast Limited; documenting poverty and injustice in Chicago to doing fashion spreads for \u003ci\u003eVogue;\u003c\/i\u003e photographing black revolutionaries to writing, composing the soundtrack for, and directing the Hollywood movie version of his novel \u003ci\u003eThe Learning Tree.\u003c\/i\u003e More than a self-portrait of the artist, \u003ci\u003eA Hungry Heart\u003c\/i\u003e is a striking account of an American era.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-15186171\"\u003eGordon Parks  Jr.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Washington Square Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/09\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.67lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.24h x 6.34w x 0.94d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780743269032\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0743269039\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO026000\"\u003ePersonal Memoirs\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO002000\"\u003eCultural, Ethnic \u0026amp; Regional | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO001000\"\u003eArtists, Architects, Photographers\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGordon Parks's retrospective book of art photography, \u003ci\u003eHalf Past Autumn, \u003c\/i\u003e published in 1997, coincided with an exhibition organized by the Corcoran Gallery in Washington, D.C., which traveled in the United States from that year until 2003, and an HBO documentary that aired on November 30, 2000. He has authored numerous books of art, fiction, memoir (including \u003ci\u003eA Star for Noon), \u003c\/i\u003e photographs, and a CD of his music (2000). He published \u003ci\u003eThe Learning Tree, \u003c\/i\u003e a novel, in 1963, and three previous autobiographies, \u003ci\u003eA Choice of Weapons, To Smile in Autumn, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eVoices in the Mirror.\u003c\/i\u003e He died in March 2006 at his home in Manhattan. He was 93.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Washington Square Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43832824856715,"sku":"9780743269032","price":23.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0626\/5100\/7115\/files\/img_748d8226-53e4-4d3f-82ea-5f5dc57bf10e.jpg?v=1755623980","url":"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/hungry-heart-a-memoir-9780743269032","provider":"CA Corrections Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}