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Author:
Hamilton, Virginia
Title:
The people could fly : American black folktales / told by Virginia Hamilton ; illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon.
Publisher:
Alfred A. Knopf,
Copyright Date:
2000, c1985
Description:
xii, 178 p. : ill ; 27 cm. + 1 sound disc ((73 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.)
Subject:
Afro-Americans--Folklore.
Tales--United States.
Folklore, Afro-American.
Other Authors:
Dillon, Leo ill.
Dillon, Diane ill.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-178).
Summary:
Retells African American folktales of animals, fantasy, the supernatural, and desire for freedom, born of the sorrow of the slaves, but passed on in hope.
ISBN:
9780375804717
0375804714
Locations:
GFPE771 -- Altoona Public Library (Altoona)

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