Quite Contrary Man The Dial Press and Bright Star

and Bright Star

Some are calling him a thug

a creature made of horns and colors and claws

An essential in any shelf of diversity and inclusion books for kids

Ariel and Tomah have lived in the city's intertribal housing complex all their lives

Quite Contrary Man The Dial Press and Bright StarIn early nineteenth century New England, folks considered a clean chin a sign of godliness. Born into this buttoned up, strict society, Joseph Palmer stood out from childhood as someone who liked to do things his own way. A friend to Ralph Waldo Emerson and the Alcotts, Palmer lived by his own code and grew a belly flowing beard that made his neighbors so crazy that they tried forcibly to shave him. He fought back and ended up in prison for a year.