Ezekiel travels written and illustrated by Elvira Garner

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Garner, Elvira.

Contributor:

Henry Holt and Company, Publisher.

Oxford University Press, Publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Juvenile fiction.

African Americans--Florida--Juvenile fiction.

Voyages and travels--Juvenile fiction.

Travel--Juvenile fiction.

Dialect literature, American--Juvenile fiction.

Families--Juvenile fiction.

Brothers and sisters--Juvenile fiction.

Songs--Juvenile fiction.

Religion--Juvenile fiction.

Reasoning--Juvenile fiction.

Benevolence--Juvenile fiction.

Wit and humor, Juvenile.

Adventure stories.

Sanford (Fla.)--Juvenile fiction.

Physical Description:

[46] pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Henry Holt and Co. ; Canada : Oxford University Press, ©1937 (United States)

Summary:

Ezekiel travels around central Florida. "First, there is a fish-fry (and we won't talk here of the hurricane!), and then the eventful visit down to Cousin Dove Edie's house down-state, the hunt for turtle eggs, the snake adventure--and the delicious account of Ezekiel finding a new friend in the 'conjure man'."--Jacket.

Notes:

Written to depict dialect associated with African American people living in southern United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Local Notes:

Quarter-bound in dark brown cloth; pictorial board covers printed in black, orange, blue, and red.

Pennsylvania Abolition Society Complimentary Collection

OCLC:

1465494