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The people could fly : American Black folktales
- Title
- The people could fly : American Black folktales / told by Virginia Hamilton ; illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon.
- Author
- Hamilton, Virginia, 1936-2002.
- Publication
- New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 2000, c1985.
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- Description
- xii, 178 p. : ill.; 26 cm. +
- Summary
- A collection of more than twenty retold African American folktales of animals, fantasy, the supernatural, and desire for freedom, born of the sorrow of the slaves, but passed on in hope.
- Alternative Title
- American Black folktales
- Subjects
- Note
- Accompanied by compact disc: selections from The people who could fly; by Virginia Hamilton ; narrated by James Earl Jones and Virginia Hamilton.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-178).
- Call Number
- J 398.2 H
- ISBN
- 0375804714
- OCLC
- 45954089
- Author
- Hamilton, Virginia, 1936-2002.
- Title
- The people could fly : American Black folktales / told by Virginia Hamilton ; illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon.
- Imprint
- New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 2000, c1985.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-178).
- Added Author
- Dillon, Leo, illustrator.Dillon, Diane, illustrator.Jones, James Earl, narrator.
- Research Call Number
- J 398.2 H