African heroes and heroines

Author/Creator:

Woodson, Carter Godwin, 1875-1950

Publication/Creation:

Washington, D.C. : Associated Publishers, [1944]

Format:

Book

Edition:

2nd edition.

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Additional/Related Title Information

Full Title:

African heroes and heroines / by Carter Godwin Woodson

Related Names

Additional Author/Creators:

Jones, Lois Mailou, illustrator
Burkett, Randall K., collector
Associated Publishers

Subjects/Genre

Genre:

African American author
African American illustrator
African American publisher

Subjects:

Africa, Sub-Saharan--History
Africa, Sub-Saharan--Biography

Description/Summary

Bibliography:

Includes bibliography (pages 229-242) and index.

Summary:

Brief biographies of native African heroes and heroines with emphasis on those from south of the Sahara.

Language:

English

Physical Type/Description:

12 unnumbered pages, 251 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 21 cm

General Note:

"The illustrations have been worked out from source materials by Miss Lois M. Jones."--Preface (p. [7] at beginning).
Dust jacket design by Lois Mailou Jones.

Local Note:

Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library copy has dust jacket; from the collection of Randall K. Burkett.

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

990016795390302486

OCLC Number:

00412948
412948

Barcode:

010002408464