Toussaint L'Ouverture : the fight for Haiti's freedom / paintings by Jacob Lawrence ; written by Walter Dean Myers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Myers, Walter Dean, 1937-2014.

Contributor:

Lawrence, Jacob, 1917-2000, 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):

Toussaint Louverture, 1743-1803--Juvenile literature.

Toussaint Louverture.

Toussaint Louverture, 1743-1803--Portraits.

Toussaint Louverture, 1743-1803.

Revolution (Haiti : 1791-1804).

Haiti--History--Revolution, 1791-1804--Juvenile literature.

Haiti.

Haiti--History--Revolution, 1791-1804--Pictorial works.

Haiti--History--Revolution, 1791-1804.

Afro-American author.

Afro-American illustrator.

Haitian setting.

Local Subjects:

Afro-American author.

Afro-American illustrator.

Haitian setting.

Genre:

History.

Juvenile works.

Pictorial works.

Portraits.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

[40] unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm

Edition:

[1st ed.]

Place of Publication:

New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, ©1996.

Summary:

A collection of paintings by Jacob Lawrence chronicling the liberation of Haiti in 1804 under the leadership of General Toussaint L'Ouverture.

Notes:

"The text for this book is set in Aldus Roman."

"First Edition."

American Library Association Notable Children's Book 1997

Local Notes:

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

Banks Collection copy: dustjacket retained.

Banks Collection copy has "Guaranteed Reinforced Binding".

Other Format:

Online version: Myers, Walter Dean, 1937- Toussaint L'Ouverture.

ISBN:

0689801262 :

9780689801266

OCLC:

33335790