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Leaving Gee's Bend.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Latham, Irene.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Alabama--History--1819-1950--Juvenile fiction.
- Alabama.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (125 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Montgomery : NewSouth Books, 2017.
- Summary:
- Ludelphia Bennett, a determined, ten-year-old African American girl in 1932 Gee's Bend, Alabama, leaves home in an effort to find medical help for her sick mother, and she recounts her ensuing adventures in a quilt she is making. Includes an author's note about Gee's Bend.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Title Page
- Also by Irene Latham
- Dedication
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- One Eye That Works
- Scraps
- Girl in the Yellow Dress
- Something Ain't Right
- Baby Rose
- All My Fault
- Wait and See
- The Storm
- Crossing the River
- Alone
- Mrs. Cobb
- The Big House
- Welcome to Camden
- The Angel
- Blue Handkerchief
- A Needle and a Spool of Thread
- A Lonely Sound
- The Letter
- The Long Road Home
- Falling
- The Witches of Gee's Bend
- Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
- Winter
- Piece by Piece
- Author's Note
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-60306-443-5
- OCLC:
- 1043638606
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