Black cloth & mauve boards (hardcover), 151 pp. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket with sunning to spine. From dust jacket: This groundbreaking work traces the history of slavery in America, from the earliest slave trading through the growth of the Underground Railroad to the Emancipation Proclamation. Carefully researched and beautifully written, Many Thousand Gone tells this history as it should be told, in the voices and stories of those who lived it. Through individual profiles, Virginia Hamilton presents such well-known figures as Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, and Frederick Doug... View More...
Royal octavo, gray & blue boards (hardcover), gilt letters, 178 pp. Fine in a Fine dust jacket. From dust jacket: This major contribution to children's literature brings the fascinating range of American black folktales and humor to all children. In this treasury we hear the voice of Newbery medal winner Virginia Hamilton -- a voice that echoes the slaves and fugitives from her own American black ancestry as she tells the stories that kept their culture alive. Here are the spirited trickster tales where the wily Bruh Rabbit outwits larger and stronger animals; robust tall tales filled wit... View More...
