Author: JOHNSTON, TONY & JAMES RANSOME
Title: The Wagon
Description: New York: Mulberry Books, 1999. First Edition Thus. First Printing; Paperback. ISBN: 0688166946. Illustrated by James Ransome. Color Illustrations; 11 x 9; 40 pages; Soft cover is oblong shaped. White spine with black lettering. Previous owner's name neatly written inside front cover. Light rubbing, scuffing, bumping to covers, upper corner has some bumping/curling on most pages. Pages not numbered; 40 pages. Vibrant paintings by James Ransome, throughout the book. A child is born into slavery and soon is working from dawn to dark for the master. Life is hard, but he never stops dreaming of a better place and that the wagon he's helped to build is a glorious chariot of freedom.. Very Good .

Keywords: 0688166946 African American History; Black Americans; Black History; Negros; Slavery; Juv Fantasy; Juvenile Fiction: Historical Fiction; Children's Literature ; Historical Fiction Juvenile Fiction Cultural History Education American History African Americ