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I have heard of a land

by Thomas Joyce Carol.

Synopsis

I have heard of a land 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. 00-01 Sequoyah Children's Book Award Masterlist

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Book Information

Copyright year 1998
ISBN-13 9780064436175
ISBN-10 0064436179
Class Copyright
Publisher Joanna Cotler Books
Subject FICTION;JUVENILE FICTION
File Size 0 MB
Number of Pages 31
Shelf No. HA010
Grade Range 2 - 6
Ages 7 - 11