Summary
A collection of ghost stories and anecdotes that are part of the folklore of African Americans. Full description
Summary: |
A collection of ghost stories and anecdotes that are part of the folklore of African Americans. |
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Physical Description: |
xii, 116 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [113-116]). |
ISBN: |
0060229942 : 0060229977 (lib. bdg.) |
Author Notes: |
He wrote more than 100 books during his lifetime, ranging from counting books for children to biographies on Rosa Parks, Hank Aaron and Spike Lee. He won numerous awards for his work including the 1976 Coretta Scott King Award for The Story of Stevie Wonder, the 1984 Coretta Scott King Award for Lena Horne, the 1979 ASCAP Deems Taylor Award for Scott Joplin: The Man Who Made Ragtime; and the 1994 Washington Post Children's Book Guide Award. He also won the Carter G. Woodson Award for young adult non-fiction for Black Music in America; The March on Washington; and Carter G. Woodson: The Man Who Put "Black" in American History in 1989, 1994, and 2001, respectively. He died from complications of emphysema on July 6, 2005 at the age of 63. (Bowker Author Biography) |