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The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales By Virginia Hamilton

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The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales

By Virginia Hamilton
Narrated by Andrew Barnes
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Program Type
Audiobook (Fiction)
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Length
3 hrs and 47 mins
Audible Release Date
01-06-05
Audio Formats About Formats
2 3 4 Audible Enhanced Audio
Customer Rating
2.43
2.43 based on 14 ratings

Publisher's Summary

Virginia Hamilton (1936-2002), a giant in the world of children's literature, was the first African-American woman to win a Newbery Medal and the first children's book author to be awarded a MacArthur Genius Grant. In her prize-winning anthology of American Black folktales, The People Could Fly, Hamilton has gathered and retold a collection of stories that teach us much, move us deeply, and make us laugh out loud.

Savor this bridge to both the past and the future of a people and a nation as you hear these timeless tales brilliantly performed by Andrew Barnes.

©1985 Virginia Hamilton; (P)2005 Audio Bookshelf
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