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]