Ragtime Tumpie
By: written by Alan Schroeder ; paintings by Bernie Fuchs.
Contributors: Fuchs, Bernie, ill.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Joy Street Books
Published: 1989
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
Subjects: Baker, Josephine, 1906-1975 -- Juvenile fiction; Baker, Josephine, 1906-1975 -- Fiction; African Americans -- Fiction; Dance -- Fiction; Saint Louis (Mo.) -- Fiction
Genres: Juvenile fiction.; Fiction.
Description: Tumpie, a young black girl who will later become famous as the dancer Josephine Baker, longs to find the opportunity to dance amid the poverty and vivacious street life of St. Louis in the early 1900s.