Elizabeth's song

by Michael Wenberg

Other authorsCornelius Van Wright (Illustrator)

Paper Book, 2002

Description

A fictionalized account of how an eleven-year-old girl, Elizabeth "Libba" Cotten, saved to buy her first guitar and composed the popular folksong, "Freight Train."

Awards

Kentucky Bluegrass Award (Nominee — Grades 3-5 — 2004)

Subjects

African American women musicians Juvenile literature

Cotten, Elizabeth

Folk singers United States Biography Juvenile fiction

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