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In the hollow of your hand : slave lullabies

Title
  1. In the hollow of your hand : slave lullabies / collected by Alice McGill ; pictures by Michael Cummings.
Published by
  1. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, c2000.
Author
  1. McGill, Alice.

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Additional authors
  1. Cummings, Michael, 1945-
Description
  1. 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill., music; 26 cm. +
Summary
  1. A collection of lullabies orally transmitted by African-American slaves revealing their hardships and sorrows as well as soothing notes of well-being and belief in a better time to come.
Subject
  1. Sleep > Poetry
  2. African Americans > Poetry
  3. Slavery in literature
  4. Mother and child > Poetry
  5. Slavery > Poetry
  6. Lullabies, English > United States > History and criticism
Call number
  1. J 811.08 M
Author
  1. McGill, Alice.
Title
  1. In the hollow of your hand : slave lullabies / collected by Alice McGill ; pictures by Michael Cummings.
Imprint
  1. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, c2000.
Added author
  1. Cummings, Michael, 1945- ill.
LCCN
  1. 97020269
ISBN
  1. 0395857554
Research call number
  1. J 811.08 M
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