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Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter STUDY GUIDE

This study guide provides the teacher with extensive material which has been tested in the classroom. It presents issues relevant for understanding the protagonists' situations: the American South and the civil rights movement; the Freedom Summer of 1964; racial pro?ling; lynching; police violence. Worksheets, statistics, photos and exam-related tasks help students explore the issue of racial inequality and how to deal with it. Questions and answers about the content of the novel can be used for homework tasks and book clubbing. "Coming of Age" of the protagonists, crime elements and Southern gothic story telling are presented.

The study guide also includes an interview with Tom Franklin in which he gives insight into his life and his intentions, and his pride that we are reading his novel.