The water brought us : the story of the Gullah-speaking people / Muriel Miller Branch ; illustrated with photographs by Gabriel Kuperminc and old prints.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Branch, Muriel Miller.

Contributor:

Kuperminc, Gabriel.

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Children's Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gullahs--History--Juvenile literature.

Gullahs.

Gullahs--History.

Genre:

Literature.

History.

Juvenile works.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

vi, 106 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm.

Edition:

[1st ed.]

Place of Publication:

New York : Cobblehill Books/Dutton, [©1995].

Summary:

Presents a portrait of the Gullah people who forged out of the oppressive circumstances of slavery a unique African-American culture.

Contents:

Sea Island folks

When times were hard: slavery in the low country

Beyond freedom

Seeking and shouting: Gullah religious traditions

De hag gonna ride you: Gullah folklore

De Gullah speaks

With these hands

A hundred years from now: holding on to traditions.

Notes:

"Published in the United States by Cobblehill Books, an affiliate of Dutton Children's Books, a division of Penguin Books USA Inc. ..."

"Designed by Charlotte Staub."

"First Edition."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 99-103) and index.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

Banks Collection copy: dustjacket retained.

ISBN:

0525651853 :

9780525651857

OCLC:

31901025