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Mr. Williams / Karen Barbour.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Joanna Banks Collection F379.A73 B37 2005
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Barbour, Karen, author, illustrator.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Williams, J. W., 1929---Childhood and youth--Juvenile literature.
- Williams, J. W.
- African Americans--Louisiana--Arcadia--Biography--Juvenile literature--African Americans.
- African Americans.
- Arcadia (La.)--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- Arcadia (La.).
- Country life--Louisiana--Arcadia--Juvenile literature.
- Country life.
- Arcadia (La.)--Social life and customs--20th century--Juvenile literature.
- Oral history--Juvenile literature.
- Oral history.
- Williams, J. W., 1929-.
- African Americans--Biography.
- Arcadia (La.)--Social life and customs.
- Manners and customs.
- Louisiana--Arcadia.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Juvenile works.
- Penn Provenance:
- Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Mister Williams
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2005.
- Summary:
- The powerful and personal story of one American childhood, when Mr. Williams was a boy growing up in Arcadia, Louisiana, Calvin Coolidge was president, Martin Luther King Jr. had just been born, and children worked hard in the fields for most of the year. Many years later, Karen Barbour grew up hearing Mr. Williams tell stories about his childhood. In this beautiful book, she not only shares the memories he passed on to her but also creates stunning paintings to illustrate them. The story of Mr. J.W. Williams, lovingly told by his friend, evokes a specific time and place in American history in a way that is immediate, intimate, and relevant.
- Notes:
- "First edition--2005"--Verso of title leaf.
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.
- Banks Collection copy: dust jacket retained.
- ISBN:
- 0805067736
- 9780805067736
- 1415627800
- 9781415627808
- OCLC:
- 56794634
- Publisher Number:
- 9780805067736
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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