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A voice of her own : the story of Phillis Wheatley, slave poet / Kathryn Lasky ; illustrated by Paul Lee.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Joanna Banks Collection PS866.W5 Z65 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lasky, Kathryn.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wheatley, Phillis, 1753-1784--Juvenile literature.
- Wheatley, Phillis.
- Wheatley, Phillis, 1753-1784.
- Poets, American--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- Poets, American.
- African American women poets--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- African American women poets.
- Enslaved persons--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- Enslaved persons.
- African American poets--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- African American poets.
- African Americans--Biography.
- Women--Biography.
- Poets, American--Colonial period.
- United States.
- Wheatley, Phillis,1753-1784--Juvenile literature.
- Local Subjects:
- Wheatley, Phillis,1753-1784--Juvenile literature.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Juvenile works.
- Juvenile materials.
- Literature.
- Penn Provenance:
- Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 38 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 31 cm
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, MA. : Candlewick Press, [2003].
- Summary:
- A biography of an African girl brought to New England as a slave in 1761 who became famous on both sides of the Atlantic as the first Black poet in America.
- Notes:
- "First edition 2003"
- "The book was typeset in Columbus MT."
- "The illustrations were done in acrylic on board."
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.
- Banks Collection copy: dustjacket retained.
- ISBN:
- 0763602523
- 9780763602529
- 0763628786
- 9780763628789
- 9780763664275
- 0763664278
- OCLC:
- 47831362
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- Publisher description
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- Contributor biographical information
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