People Could Fly, The: American Black Folktales

Virginia Hamilton

In this treasury we hear the voice of Newbery Medal winner Virginia Hamilton--a voice that echoes the slaves and fugitives from her own American black ancestry as she tells the stories that kept their culture alive. Here are the spirited trickster tales where the wily Bruh Rabbit outwits larger and stronger animals; robust tall tales filled with riddles and laughter; spine-chilling ghost and devil tales; and finally the moving tales of freedom, including true slave narratives as well as fantasy escapes exemplified by the hauntingly beautiful title story, "The People Could Fly."

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