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Catching the Fire: Philip Simmons, Blacksmith Hardcover - 1997
by Lyons, Mary E.; Garcia, Mannie [Illustrator]
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- Title Catching the Fire: Philip Simmons, Blacksmith
- Author Lyons, Mary E.; Garcia, Mannie [Illustrator]
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Condition New
- Pages 48
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Boston
- Date 1997-08-25
- Bookseller's Inventory # Q-0395720338
- ISBN 9780395720332 / 0395720338
- Weight 0.8 lbs (0.36 kg)
- Dimensions 9.41 x 8.62 x 0.43 in (23.90 x 21.89 x 1.09 cm)
- Ages 10 to 12 years
- Grade levels 5 - 7
- Reading level 710
- Library of Congress subjects African Americans, African Americans - South Carolina -
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 96038643
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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Summary
For eighty years Philip Simmons has molded lumps of metal into beautiful ornamental gates, fences, and railings. In the only book for young readers about this amazing African-American craftsman, Mary E. Lyons crafts a vivid portrait of a remarkable man and his art. Researching the book with intricate care, Lyons visited frequently with Simmons and his coworkers. Using the artist's own words, she has pulled together not only a vision of the man and his work but the story of his remarkable lifetime, from his beginning as the great-grandson of slaves to his achievements as a nationally renowned artist. Philip Simmons is truly a working person's hero and role model. Catching the Fire presents the landscape of his life. This is the story of a man who loves his work and who creates art with passion.