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Follow the drinking gourd : an Underground Railroad story
—Meister, Cari, author.
2013

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Peg Leg Joe travels from plantation to plantation singing the Drinking Gourd song that will guide slaves to freedom in the North.

Item Details

ISBN:

  • 9781404877146 (trade paperback)
  • 9781404877146

Description: 24 pages : chiefly colour illustrations ; 26 cm.

Notes:

  • "The song Follow the Drinking Gourd is an American folk song. In 1928 the Texas Folklore Society first published the song. Lee Hays also published a version of the song in 1947. We have used Hays' lyrics in this book."--Editor's note.
  • Includes glossary.
  • Includes bibliographical references.

LCCN: 2012000904

Control Number: 903692

Publisher: North Mankato, MN : Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint, [2013]
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