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Format:
Book
Title:
Follow the drinking gourd : an Underground Railroad story
ISBN:
9781404873759

9781404877146
Publication Information:
North Mankato, Minn. : Picture Window Books, ©2013.
Physical Description:
24 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.
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General Note:
"The song Follow the Drinking Gourd is an American folk song. In 1928 the Texas Folklore Society first published the song. Lee Hays also published a version of the song in 1947. We have used Hays' lyrics in this book."--Editor's note.
Summary:
Peg Leg Joe travels from plantation to plantation singing the Drinking Gourd song that will guide slaves to freedom in the North.
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