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Author:

Stauffacher, Sue,

Title:

Bessie Smith and the night riders / Sue Stauffacher ; illustrated by John Holyfield.

Publisher:

G.P. Putnam's Sons,

Copyright Date:

c2006

Description:

1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 24 x 27 cm.

Subject:

Smith, Bessie,--Fiction.
Blues (Music)--Fiction.
Ku Klux Klan --Fiction.
African Americans--Fiction.
North Carolina--Fiction.

Other Authors:

Holyfield, John,

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [31])

Summary:

Black blues singer Bessie Smith single-handedly scares off Ku Klux Klan members who are trying to disrupt her show one hot July night in Concord, North Carolina. Includes historical note.

ISBN:

9781415656358 (BWI bdg.)
1415656355 (BWI bdg.)
0399242376 (trade)
9780399242373 (trade)

LCCN:

2005010399

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

SUPC124 -- Aplington Legion Memorial Library (Aplington)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

RZPE145 -- Carroll Public Library (Carroll)

RGPA371 -- Churdan Public Library (Churdan)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

D8PD522 -- North Liberty Community Library (North Liberty)

OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)

AXPF626 -- Oskaloosa Public Library (Oskaloosa)