I Have Heard of a Land (Trophy Picture Books (Paperback)) Paperback - 2000
by Thomas, Joyce Carol
- Used
- Good
- Paperback
In the late 1880s, many newly freed slaves made the arduous journey west to carve out a new life in Oklahoma. Richly illustrated by Coretta Scott King Honor Award recipient Floyd Cooper, this book offers a lyrical, moving portrait of those who dared to act on their dreams. Full color.
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Details
- Title I Have Heard of a Land (Trophy Picture Books (Paperback))
- Author Thomas, Joyce Carol
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: first
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 32
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher HarperCollins
- Date 2000-01-05
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Illustrated
- Bookseller's Inventory # mon0000313811
- ISBN 9780064436175 / 0064436179
- Weight 0.28 lbs (0.13 kg)
- Dimensions 9.14 x 6.2 x 0.15 in (23.22 x 15.75 x 0.38 cm)
- Ages 04 to 08 years
- Grade levels P - 3
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 19th Century
- Cultural Region: Heartland
- Cultural Region: Southwest U.S.
- Ethnic Orientation: African American
- Geographic Orientation: Oklahoma
- Library of Congress subjects Frontier and pioneer life, African Americans
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 95048791
- Dewey Decimal Code E
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First line
From the rear cover
Where the imagination has no fences
Where what is dreamed one night
Is accomplished the next day
In the late 1880s, signs went up all around America - land was free in the Oklahoma territory. And it was free to everyone: Whites, Blacks, men and women alike. All one needed to stake a claim was hope and courage, strength and perseverance. Thousands of pioneers, many of them African-Americans newly freed from slavery, headed west to carve out a new life in the Oklahoma soil.
Drawing upon her own family history, National Book Award winner Joyce Carol Thomas has crafted an unforgettable anthem to these brave and determned people from America's past. Richly illustrated by Coretta Scott King Award honoree Floyd Cooper, I Have Heard of a Land is a glorious tribute to the Afrian-American pioneer spirit.
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