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Libba : the magnificent musical life of Elizabeth Cotten  Cover Image Book Book

Libba : the magnificent musical life of Elizabeth Cotten / by Laura Veirs ; illustrated by Tatyana Fazlalizadeh.

Veirs, Laura, (author.). Fazlalizadeh, Tatyana, (illustrator.).

Summary:

Elizabeth Cotten was only a little girl when she picked up a guitar for the first time. It wasn't hers (it was her big brother's), and it wasn't strung right for her (she was left-handed). But she flipped that guitar upside down and backwards and taught herself how to play it anyway. By age eleven, she'd written "Freight Train," one of the most famous folk songs of the twentieth century. And by the end of her life, people everywhere from the sunny beaches of California to the rolling hills of England knew her music.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781452148571
  • ISBN: 1452148570
  • Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
  • Publisher: San Francisco, California : Chronicle Books, [2018]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Target Audience Note:
580L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader LG 3.5 0.5 0.5 193583
Subject: Cotten, Elizabeth > Juvenile literature.
African American women singers > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Singers > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
African Americans > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Women > Biography > Juvenile literature.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Potter-Tioga Library System. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Mansfield Free Public Library.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Mansfield Free Public Library J 920 COT (Text) 31423892 Juvenile Nonfiction Available -


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