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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.

Edition:

1st paperback ed.

Publisher:

Distributed by Random House,
Distributed by Random House,

Copyright Date:

1993

Description:

xii, 178 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Subject:

Tales--United States.
Folklore, Afro-American.
African Americans--Folklore.

Other Authors:

Dillon, Diane, ill.
Dillon, Leo, ill.

Notes:

Originally published: New York : Knopf, c1985. Bibliography: p. 175-178.

Summary:

Retold Afro-American folktales of animals, fantasy, the supernatural, and desire for freedom, born of the sorrow of the slaves, but passed on in hope.

ISBN:

9780679843368 (pbk.)
0679843361 (pbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)27521063

Locations:

YAPC771 -- Bondurant Community Library (Bondurant)

CEAX572 -- Kirkwood Community College Library (Cedar Rapids)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

URAX314 -- Clarke University - Nicholas J. Schrup Library (Dubuque)

UWAX953 -- Waldorf University - Luise V. Hanson Library (Forest City)

NTPC983 -- Northwood Public Library (Northwood)

SJPB094 -- Readlyn Community Library (Readlyn)

HRPE845 -- Sioux Center Public Library (Sioux Center)