Leaving Gee's Bend - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Leaving Gee's Bend write by Irene Latham. This book was released on 2017-03-01. Leaving Gee's Bend available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Ludelphia Bennett may be blind in one eye, but that doesn't mean she can't put in a good stitch. In fact, Ludelphia sews all the time, especially when things are going wrong. But when Mama gets deathly ill, it doesn't seem like even quilting will help. Mama needs medicine badly—medicine that can only be found in Camden, over forty miles away. That's when Ludelphia decides to do something drastic—leave Gee's Bend. Beyond the cotton fields of her small sharecropping community, Ludelphia discovers a world she never imagined, but there's also danger lurking for a young girl on her own. Set in 1932 and inspired by the rich quilting traditions of Gee's Bend, Alabama, Leaving Gee's Bend is a delightful story of a young girl facing a brave new world, presented in a new paperback edition.
Leaving Gee's Bend
Leaving Gee's Bend - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Leaving Gee's Bend write by Irene Latham. This book was released on 2017-03-01. Leaving Gee's Bend available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Ludelphia Bennett may be blind in one eye, but that doesn't mean she can't put in a good stitch. In fact, Ludelphia sews all the time, especially when things are going wrong. But when Mama gets deathly ill, it doesn't seem like even quilting will help. Mama needs medicine badly—medicine that can only be found in Camden, over forty miles away. That's when Ludelphia decides to do something drastic—leave Gee's Bend. Beyond the cotton fields of her small sharecropping community, Ludelphia discovers a world she never imagined, but there's also danger lurking for a young girl on her own. Set in 1932 and inspired by the rich quilting traditions of Gee's Bend, Alabama, Leaving Gee's Bend is a delightful story of a young girl facing a brave new world, presented in a new paperback edition.
Belle, the Last Mule at Gee's Bend
Belle, the Last Mule at Gee's Bend - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Belle, the Last Mule at Gee's Bend write by Bettye Stroud. This book was released on 2020-11-03. Belle, the Last Mule at Gee's Bend available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. “This small snapshot of the protest movement pays homage to both the determination of ordinary folk and the power of Dr. King’s words. . . . An intergenerational story filled with heart and soul.” — Kirkus Reviews When Alex spies a mule chomping on greens in a nearby garden, he can’t help but ask about it. “Ol’ Belle?” says Miz Pettway. “She can have all the collards she wants. She’s earned it.” And so begins the tale of an ordinary mule in Gee’s Bend, Alabama, that played a singular part in the civil rights movement of the 1960s. When African-Americans in a poor community — inspired by a visit from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. — defied local authorities who were trying to stop them from registering to vote, many got around a long, imposed detour on mule-drawn wagons. As Alex looks into the eyes of gentle Belle, he begins to understand a significant time in history in a very personal way.
Stitchin' and Pullin'
Stitchin' and Pullin' - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Stitchin' and Pullin' write by Patricia McKissack. This book was released on 2016-10-04. Stitchin' and Pullin' available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This collection of poems that tell the story of the quilt-making community in Gee’s Bend, Alabama, is now available as a Dragonfly paperback. For generations, the women of Gee’s Bend have made quilts to keep a family warm, as a pastime accompanied by sharing and singing, or to memorialize loved ones. Today, the same quilts hang on museum walls as modern masterpieces of color and design. Inspired by these quilts and the women who made them, award-winning author Patricia C. McKissack traveled to Alabama to learn their stories. The lyrical rite-of-passage narrative that is the result of her journey seamlessly weaves together the familial, cultural, spiritual, and historical strands of life in this community.
The Quilts of Gee's Bend
The Quilts of Gee's Bend - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Quilts of Gee's Bend write by John Beardsley. This book was released on 2002. The Quilts of Gee's Bend available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Since the 19th century, the women of Gee s Bend in southern Alabama have created stunning, vibrant quilts. Beautifully illustrated with 110 color illustrations, The Quilts of Gee s Bend includes a historical overview of the two hundred years of extraordinary quilt-making in this African-American community, its people, and their art-making tradition. This book is being.released in conjunction with a national exhibition tour including The Museum of Fine Art, Houston, and the Whitney Museum of American Art."
