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Jumping the broom / by Courtni C. Wright ; illustrated by Gershom Griffith.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Joanna Banks Collection PZ7.W9348 Ju 1994
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wright, Courtni Crump, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Slavery--Juvenile fiction.
- Slavery.
- African Americans--Marriage--Juvenile fiction.
- African Americans.
- Weddings--Juvenile fiction.
- Weddings.
- Weddings--Fiction.
- Slavery--Fiction.
- African Americans--Fiction.
- African Americans--Marriage.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Juvenile works.
- Penn Provenance:
- Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Holiday House, [1994]
- Summary:
- A picture book set in the days of slavery about the marriage celebration known as "jumping the broom." Eight-year-old Lettie describes the preparations for her sister's wedding and the day itself, a day of celebration in the slave quarters, where free time for fun is infrequent.
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.
- Banks Collection copy: dust jacket retained.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Wright, Courtni Crump. Jumping the broom.
- ISBN:
- 0823410420
- 9780823410422
- OCLC:
- 27434845
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