The foot warmer and the crow / Evelyn Coleman ; illustrated by Daniel Minter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Coleman, Evelyn, 1948-

Contributor:

Minter, Daniel, illustrator.

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):

Crows--Juvenile fiction.

Crows.

Slavery--Juvenile fiction.

Slavery.

African Americans--Juvenile fiction.

African Americans.

Slavery--Fiction.

African Americans--Fiction.

Genre:

Fiction.

Juvenile works.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

[32] unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm

Edition:

[1st ed.]

Place of Publication:

New York : Macmillan Publishing Company ; Toronto : Maxwell Macmillan Canada ; New York : Maxwell Macmillan International, [©1994].

Summary:

A patient slave finally wins his freedom through his own cleverness and the advice of a crow. With the help of a crow, the slave Nezekiah outwits his cruel master & gains his freedom.

Notes:

"First edition."

"The text of this book is set in 14 pt. Leawood Medium."

"The illustrations are painted wood carvings."

Local Notes:

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

Banks Collection copy: dustjacket retained.

ISBN:

0027228169 :

9780027228168

OCLC:

28028698