Title:
The people could fly : American Black folktales
Publication Date:
1985
Publication Information:
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [1985]
©1985.
Physical Description:
xii, 178 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
ISBN:
9780394869254
9780394969251
9780744505245
9780375804717
9780679843368
9780780725966
Abstract:
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.
Contents:
He Lion, Bruh Bear, and Bruh Rabbit and other animal tales -- The beautiful girl of the moon tower and other tales of the real, extravagant, and fanciful -- John and the Devil's daughter and other tales of the supernatural -- Carrying the running-aways and other slave tales of freedom.
Language:
English
