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AFTERWORD
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In the afterword, the author reveals the source of his inspiration for Bud, Not Buddy. He chose the era of the Great Depression and based some of his characters on real people. For example, Lefty Lewis is the actual name of his maternal grandfather who was, like Lefty’s son-in-law, a Pullman Porter, job of some prestige in the African-American community at the time. However, as the author points out, it was an extremely difficult job that paid very little. His grandfather did very well during the Depression, supporting his family on his generous tips. He received so much change this way that the author’s grandmother had to reinforce his pockets to keep the change from ripping out the lining. When the train station in Grand Rapids let go two of their redcaps, Curtis’ grandfather lost his job, but then opened a small restaurant and even became the first African-American cabdriver in Grand Rapids.
Lefty also pitched for many years in the Negro Baseball
League. He even pitched twice against Satchel Paige who......
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By writing this Afterword, Christopher Paul Curtis passes on what he learned by writing Bud, Not Buddy. By using his down-to-earth writing style, he really emphasizes to young people how important it is to hear.......
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irony; a multiple-choice quiz, and suggested book report ideas and essay topics.
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