Ep. 102: Conman - The Education of Little Tree (Part 1)

Bear Grease

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Wilderness, Sports

4.8 • 7.1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2023

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of Bear Grease Clay Newcomb talks with New York Times best selling author Steve Rinella and Dr. Dan T. Carter, professor emeritus at the University of South Carolina about black-listed book “The Education of Little Tree.” The book, an alleged semi-autobiographical story about a Cherokee boy growing up in southern Appalachia, was written by Forest Carter, which was the false identity of famed white supremicist, Ku Klux Klan chapter founder and speech writer for Governor George Wallace, Dan Carter. In part 1, Clay reflects on the honest, insightful, and empathetic context of the book and explores the nuance and dissonance of what to do with with art in light of an artist’s beliefs. I really doubt you’re gonna to wanna miss this one…

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0:00.0	Hey folks, this is Brent Rees with me, the Ethers new podcast of this country live.
0:05.0	You ever wondered how to pick out a good dog, bowl up a mess of crawfish or catch cat fish
0:09.3	on a trot line?
0:10.3	Well, on this country life, I'm inviting you into my home, where in each episode I'll
0:14.8	be telling you the story of a good hunt, close call, a hard time, a good time, whatever.
0:20.0	And then we'll talk on some good country skills I think you ought to know.
0:24.1	Listen to this country life in the Bear Greece feed on the I Heart Radio F or wherever you
0:29.3	get your podcast.
0:38.3	And I sat down and read it and I realized I could see why it was so popular, but I could
0:44.2	also see the traces of the real author.
0:48.9	On this episode, we're going to learn about one of the greatest American literary cons
0:54.3	of all time, or wasn't a con at all.
0:57.9	The good news is that at the navigation helm will have author and southern historian,
1:03.6	Dr. Dan T Carter, professor emeritus at the University of South Carolina, and New
1:09.1	York Times best selling author and croakall extraordinaire Steve Vrenella of meat eater.
1:15.6	These guys are going to talk to us about a book called The Education of Little Tree and
1:20.7	the Wild Life of its author.
1:23.8	There aren't any better guests on planet earth to tell us the story of a double life,
1:29.3	lies, and racism that produced a brilliant piece of literature.
1:34.1	So rooted in American wilderness and values, it'll make you want to barred out hoot and
1:39.1	kiss your mama after the trail.
1:41.8	I really doubt you're going to want to miss this one.
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