The people could fly : American Black folktales / told by Virginia Hamilton ; illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1993.Edition: 1st paperback edDescription: xii, 178 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0679843361
  • 9780679843368
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • JUV PZ 8.1 .H154 Pe 1993
Contents:
He Lion, Bruh Bear, and Bruh Rabbit -- Doc Rabbit, Bruh Fox, and Tar Baby -- Tappin, the land turtle -- Bruh Alligator and Bruh Deer -- Bruh Lizard and Bruh Rabbit -- Bruh Alligator meets trouble -- Wolf and birds and the fish-horse -- The beautiful girl of the Moon Tower -- A wolf and Little Daughter -- Manuel had a riddle -- Papa John's tall tale -- The two Johns -- Wiley, his mama, and the hairy man -- John and the Devil's daughter -- The peculiar such thing -- Little Eight John -- Jack and the Devil -- Better wait till Martin comes -- Carrying the running-aways -- How Nehemiah got free -- The talking cooter -- The riddle tale of freedom -- The most useful slave -- The people could fly.
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.
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Book Storms Research Center Main Collection JUV PZ 8.1 .H154 PE 1993 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 98651390

Originally published: New York : Knopf, �1985.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-178).

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.

He Lion, Bruh Bear, and Bruh Rabbit -- Doc Rabbit, Bruh Fox, and Tar Baby -- Tappin, the land turtle -- Bruh Alligator and Bruh Deer -- Bruh Lizard and Bruh Rabbit -- Bruh Alligator meets trouble -- Wolf and birds and the fish-horse -- The beautiful girl of the Moon Tower -- A wolf and Little Daughter -- Manuel had a riddle -- Papa John's tall tale -- The two Johns -- Wiley, his mama, and the hairy man -- John and the Devil's daughter -- The peculiar such thing -- Little Eight John -- Jack and the Devil -- Better wait till Martin comes -- Carrying the running-aways -- How Nehemiah got free -- The talking cooter -- The riddle tale of freedom -- The most useful slave -- The people could fly.

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