The people could fly : American Black folktales

Author(s)

• Hamilton, Virginia
• Dillon, Leo
• Dillon, Diane

Bibliographic Information

The people could fly : American Black folktales

told by Virginia Hamilton ; illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon

Knopf, 1993

• pbk.

Note

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

Details

• NCID: BA21042228
• ISBN:
  • 0679843361
• LCCN: 84025020
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: xii, 178 p.
• Size: 26 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PZ8.1.H154
  • DC19 : 398.2/08996073
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Afro-Americans -- Folklore
  • LCSH : Tales -- United States
  • JVSH : Folklore, Afro-American